Mr Anastasi: They were qualified. The view expressed in the audit report is not accurate in the sense that the officers who prepared the report assumed that those Pel-Air pilots had to have CASA approval to fly with Mr James when he was in-command under supervision when in fact that is only required where CASA under the orders requires that those persons be approved by CASA. In that case, that did not occur. The operations manual required that those pilots be approved—
So AA has it covered legally speaking but it is interesting that the head legal schmuck has a different take to the experienced FOIs carrying out the audit. Those FOIs even provided the reference:
p18 Special audit report:Had this position been approved by CASA, he would not have been qualified to conduct asymmetric training. CAO 82.1 Para 3.3 states ‘Persons must not be nominated to supervisory positions within the training and checking organization without the approval of CASA’.
What you say! Not a difference of opinion/interpretation of the regs?? Don't worry always back Big Macks McLegal McNugget AA to pull us out of that pile of pony pooh....hmm also found this interesting in the McSpecial McAudit report:
During the ICUS period, training including ‘V1 cuts’ was also conducted by Mr Ian Maitland who is not a CASA approved Training or Checking Captain. Mr Maitland had been internally approved as a Supervisory Captain by Pel-Air Aviation Pty Limited.
Last time I looked 'V1 cuts' up in my aeronautical database it was defined as assymetric training or checking...hmm interesting a Supervisory pilot conducting V1 cuts without being approved to do so by CASA...sorry that doesn't compute???
