… at each point of departure leave a copy of the relevant defects and times flown pages with an appropriate agent - refueller, local flying school, or like a flight note with anyone in the vicinity.
You obviously don’t fly into many of the ghost towns that pass for GA aerodromes on the weekend in Australia these days.
But let’s assume we find Fred in the Flying Club at the aerodrome we refueled at. We give Fred a copy of our MR. Is Fred obliged to keep it and, if so, for how long? We’re on a round Australia tour, by the way.
Hang on a sec: Fred’s going flying! He gives us a copy of his MR. Now what do we do?
A week and 6 stopovers after passing the copy to Fred, I crash 1,000nm away. Is Fred’s copy important and, if yes, how does the ATSB know about and find Fred?