Some of you may have read in the
AOPA testimony (p37)to the Senate Inquiry into CASA that:
This particular operator operates a flying school in Victoria. He sacked his chief flying instructor. Guess where he went? He went and got a job at CASA. Then it became payback time. This particular individual filmed with a video camera at 5 o’clock in the morning, supposedly showing that the aircraft was on a charter flight and had taken off in fog. I have been flying for long enough to know that the pilot is the only one who can determine if you have 1.8 forward visibility through the cockpit to take off. This particular individual filmed him taking off and said it was done in fog conditions.
Senator HEFFERNAN—Anyhow, that is pending.
Mr Rodgers—That is pending, yes.
Well it ain't pending anymore. The courts threw it out, but not before the successful defense cost the school $30K or so.
Walrus