Chaps.
The following from today's Testing Officer PDP in Bankstown:
3 year transition period to go Part 141 or 142 or both. All current flying schools will be issued a Part 141 Certificate (not an AOC).
No sticky strips after December 4, all endorsements made by hand on your licence. All Flight reviews, design features etc written onto your licence. Back to the future?
CASA dudes confirmed that ATOs and CFIs and GA multi-skilled type people will need to do multiple tests and checks each cycle. There is one guy in our group who currently flies 9 different types that will be subject to type ratings and he will need to do 9 Instrument Proficiency Checks to operate them. Every 2 year cycle. Fkn madness.
Add to that a proficiency check for his NVFR (12 months), his instructor rating (24 months), his Flight Examiner Rating (nee ATO approval) (24 months). His Type rating instrument checks (x 9) will cover his Multi Engine Aeroplane flight review, but he will need to do a SEA (Single ngine Aeroplane) flight review to exercise the privs of his SE class rating.
Co-pilots will have to complete a Multi-crew Coordination course to be co-pilots. This is the case not only on Multi-crew aircraft types but also for single-pilot certificated types. MCC courses must be conducted under Part 142 AOCs... anyone seen a 142 AOC? No thats right, there isn't any.
Good news: pilots with existing co-pilot time will be grandfathered. Bad news: everyone else will have to fork out $4k to get a MCC rating to work as a co-pilot.
These Regs (despite McCormick's protestations) have not been adequately consulted with industry and have been pushed through despite their un-workability. The CASA people are tearing their hair out and shaking their heads. Older ATOs are deciding to call it quits. Those of us left are trying to work out how to survive in a very demanding regulatory world.
CASA seem to think we have nothing better to do than re-arrange our paperwork to please them. They seem to regard the industry as an obstacle to regulatory perfection - when in reality we are the only reason they exist.
Long day on the phone to my local member tomorrow
