Good one Bushy!
So if a share charter is booked today, to operate tomorrow and the route is defined on a Flight Plan, does that become RPT?
"Fixed Terminals" is also a legal requirement for an operation to be deemed RPT. For those who have been there, the "Fixed Terminal" at Bamaga (if the termites haven't finished it off) or the nine square meter shade roof and picnic table at York Island come to mind - with some amusement!
Regardless of Seaview, Coral Sea Air etc, CAR206 is meaningless in the context of current legislation, which clapton at least appears to acknowledge.
The fact is the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has abysmally and woefully failed in it's duty to adequately define "scheduled air services" and provide an appropriate regulatory framework for essential air services to rural Australian communities for twenty years, since the abolition of ANR203 exempt air services in the previous Air Navigation Regulations in 1988.
The previous Board, a succession of Director/CEOs and plethora of CASA management should hang their head in shame for what they have done to Australian rural air services and general aviation.
