Originally Posted by
andrewr
Interesting too that this comes so close to the implementation of the RPL
I always thought the RPL was CAsA's Plan B, so that if they thought it was necessary (dodgy registration process, dodgy engines, dodgy training, dodgy whatever) they could shut RAAus down and shift everyone to GA RPL.
Looks like it might come to pass.
Bit of a puzzle though, the Jab engine - in our flying school the Jabs have done around 13,000 hours cumulative, and pretty much every engine has gone the full TBO despite all the crap that students can hand out. One engine failure over 7 years or so. And yet others the engine carks it after a few hundred hours.
Even so, would I buy one? Nope. Do I feel comfortable on a long flight? Not really.