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Old 9th Jan 2015, 04:31
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John Eacott
 
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Aussie Bob,

What is more important: achievable safety or making money? Maybe the most attractive place for huge exposure to generate revenue should be Albert Park; or Royal Park; or Essendon Airport? Reconcile that idea with other vested interests and you can begin to see the disparity that is being mooted here.

The concept of inconvenience to a majority of airspace users to the commercial advantage of one operator (no matter what thew type of operation) is difficult to support when the safety of overall operations is diminished.

Discrimination is already in place within Australian aviation with RPT at the top of the pecking order and so on down. GA needs mutual support from all sides, but when the pendulum swings too far in support of one operation purely on commercial grounds at the risk of others, then it is not unreasonable to question the options.

I note that having raised parachuting ops at Amsterdam there has been no comparison made to the operating restrictions required in the AIC that I quoted. Would JTTB be able to operate were they held to the same standards? Are they currently held and comply to the same standards?
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