Touch and go landings are hereby prohibited. Ah, but the taxi back can be very dangerous; we must have an accepted section in the SOP:-
(i) A spread sheet where wind speed, crosswind and safe taxi speed can determined, with a suitable factor for gusts and quartering.
(ii) A chart depicting speed modification for wet, damp and contaminated taxiway speed reduction.
(iii) A CARA 35 approved set of wingtip 'spring things' to ensure that the centre line of the taxiway is maintained; provided the nose wheel oleo pressure can be adjusted so that the hitting every bloody taxi way light does not cause damage; or cause us to wobble off the centreline.
(iv) A regular taxi check with an ATO who must fail you if one pufftoonth of wander or a one knot variation in ground speed is noted.
(v) Strict look out protocols must be fully documented and be the responsibility of the tower of unicom to police. Taxiing without ground guidance from voice over GPS ground alerts and approved chart data is strictly verbotten.
(vi) No aircraft shall proceed past the parking area limit line without at least two wing walkers and may only park (see definition) in srtict compliance with marshalling instructions from an approved ground marshal under CAO 20.3 including Appendix 1.
(vii) Operations in any other wind conditions with the exclusion of dead calm requires prior approval from the ATSB, CASA and the chook shed operator.
(viii) Tacho or VDO time spent taxiing will be charged at an additional rate due to the increased risk, higher insurance policy fees additional administrative cost, initial cost of installing the mandatory safety equipment and increased fees for taxiway maintenance.
All for sake of a touch of top rudder; welcome to safety – Australian style.
Top rudder son; top rudder....
