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Old 17th Jan 2014, 01:29
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Old Akro
 
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I may have been imprecise with the term court.

I think correctly, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia upheld the decision of CASA to revoke JQ's licence on the grounds that he was not a fit and proper person to hold a licence. This was based on CASA's accusations that he: 1. engaged in low flying, 2. engaged in acrobatic flight and 3 flew recklessly endagering the lives of passengers. The AAT (unbelievably) accepted the evidence of CASA's expert witnesses which was entirely based on analysis of an edited video which was made up from excerpts from a number of flights over a number of days and continuity of the pilot across all scenes was in question.

Anyway, an instrument of our fair government has found the charges against JQ to be valid. That probably isn't the same as a court finding him guilty - but its pretty close.
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