I have just had a look at your website and I am appalled!
Let me point out a few things for you.
ALERTS!
So in very real terms we live under many almost fatalities and almost aircraft crashes that we are never told about.
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
How many times have you stopped at a RED light! Only to see many cars cross your path! Hmm could that RED light have been an ALERT!
I wonder how many ALMOST CRASHES you have in your car on your way to work!
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
BREAKING THE RULES
Planes and helicopters can regularly breach civil aviation regulations without penalty or change in their behaviour
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
After each CAR Regulation is a note stating that an offence against this CAR will incur a penalty!
Therefore if people are caught they can be prosecuted. Just like when people speed in their cars
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
INCIDENTS
Yet as a community we have no regular and specific information about the type of incidents associated with the Moorabbin airport
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
The ATSB issue routine reports on what incidents where reported. It is mandatory to report these incidents.
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
BIRDS
Birds cause planes to crash
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
Only on the rare occasion where a flog of birds is ingested into aircraft engines will they bring down a plane. A strike on a wing or body of the fuselage may only result in slight damaged. That picture is of an aircraft that crashed? Or landed safely?
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
INEXPERIENCED PILOTS
And believe it or not there is a requirement for only two hours of flight instrument training for trainee pilots
This paragraph is simply UNTRUE
The two hours of instrument time you mention is a requirement to be met to gain a GFPT, a GPFT and an initial PPL or CPL is a VISUAL licence. Ie, eyes outside the window, as opposed to instrument time which is eyes on the panel.
No student is allowed to fly solo until he or she has met a certain standard. Even then until they obtain their PPL or CPL they are only permitted to fly solo under the supervision of an instructor. Believe it or not. Your 747 airline captain once flew solo for the first time too. He wasn’t born with all the experience!
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
STUNT AND FORMATION FLYING
Believe it or not there is also stunt and formation flying over the suburbs of Kingston.
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
There is a designated aerobatic training area away from built up locations, Formation training is done in this area. Once qualified they are able to fly en-route anywhere within Australia. If you saw 5 or 6 Air Force fighter jets in formation over your house would you think that was dangerous too?
The picture you show of the three Piper PA28 Warriors and you say they turned off their transponders so they couldn’t be tracked was also UNTRUE.
One aircraft would have theirs turned on, the other two would be off. This is because the Air Traffic Control system would be making a lot of noise if three transponders where on that close. Also the call sign of the lead aircraft would indicate that there were three aircraft in the formation. That is a perfectly LEAGLE flight. Also please tell me do have access to SSR? I ask because I would like to know how you are able to tell if a Transponder is on or off?
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
FLYING OVER PUBLIC GATHERINGS
The flying was not only dangerous and inconsiderate but further demonstrated the way in which the safety and amenity of residents and children in the City of Kingston is regularly compromised.
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
Where possible aircraft will always avoid flying over a public gathering, however sometimes it is required to do so in the course of taking-off or landing. It is not a dangerous practice. What your website is doing is a dangerous practice!
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
TERRORISM
The airport facilities are poorly patrolled and planes and helicopters are stored in the open ready for the taking
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
There are security fences all around the apron, there is also Federal Police Patrols at Moorabbin airport. There are also aircraft locks fitted to prevent them from being “taken”
I suggest YOU try and “take” an aeroplane, see how “easy” it is!
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS ARE SOFTER
what's more you don't have to have a proper engineers licence to service many of the smaller planes.
That paragraph is simply UNTRUE
These regulations are not specific to airports, but aircraft Australia wide.
All General Aviation Aircraft of which 95% of Moorabbins aircraft are, MUST be serviced by a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. Only Micro lights and Ultra lights are exempt from this.
That paragraph is nothing but Today Tonight quality scaremongering!
