I now understand “technical wine tastings” are coming in again. For example, I have heard that CASA forced one of the airlines to pay for CASA inspectors to go to Singapore to approve the simulators – over $200,000 was the cost. Has anyone heard of this? Why is such waste allowed?
$200 grand seems pretty bloody steep, but if airlines are outsourcing training to overseas sims and CASA have to approve their systems of training then it would follow they should go and have a critical look at the setup before signing off.