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Old 10th Jul 2013, 10:13
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...If you are within 1 hour you get it, otherwise it is company or pilot responsibility - ever since ops control closed down 15 or so years ago. ASA policy is per AIP. ATC continue to be amazed at the number of pilots and companies that don't understand it....
Over the last 15 or so years the Australian regulations have grown from 155 pages to 2,000 plus MOSs and more to come.

Yet the fundamental stuff still isn't understood at ATPL/airline level.

Australian passengers are very lucky that the benign weather and topography helps to mitigate the risks caused by the third world aviation infrastructure and the confusion and ignorance that results from the amount of regulatory chaff smothering the safety wheat.
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