Plenty of hype about the machine being capable of "short strips", but will CASA allow this for the RFDS?
As the rules currently stand, RPT and CHTR in this aircraft require the operator to increase required landing distances by a factor of 1.67 - moving the quoted 800 metre landing distances more into the 1,300 - 1,400 metre range.
How many gravel strips are that long? Very few. The machine would thus be limited to only the major aerodromes, which have sealed surfaces anyway.
So, as an aspect of the new rules coming in December, will CASA require a 1.67 factor applied to the landing distances for RFDS ops?
Yes, I believe, given that their ops are back-of-the-clock with most of the RFDS pilots being younger guys, with the PC24 being their first jet.
With the aircraft limited to major aerodromes, the case for basing them at the remote bases becomes very, very weak.