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Old 5th January 2013 | 06:58
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Waghi Warrior
 
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Very disheartening to read such a report, in fact it's the worst I have ever read and from my sources it's accurate truthful.

Now lets get to the meat in the sandwich, how the f$ck did CASA PNG allow Les to have anything to do with an aviation business in PNG given his previous track record in Australia? From the report the Chief Pilot at the time had absolutely no control over Les in the cockpit. The Chief Pilot was stuck in between a rock and a hard place, Les owned the jet and was a part owner in the company and the Chief Pilot was an employee, not an ideal situation to be in. Someone from CASA PNG or CASA Australia should have stepped in and got heavy handed before this disaster happened. Whilst we all need to take ownership of our responsibilities, we also must help one another out and in this case no one was prepared to help the company out to get this issue rectified, apart from maybe Wiz who was in the bloody back. I have no doubt that Wiz was fully aware of the situation with Les and the company and his ultimate goal was to provide CASA PNG with some positive operational oversight of the operation to get things on the right track.
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