Excellent post Uber, it's what most of us have known for a while, it's the reason that they removed the need for a Flight Test a long time ago in the first place because they realised back then that the Instrument Rating had 99% of the same items, the only thing not really included is the Multi-Crew Portion and that could simply be overcome by requiring a course be undertaken before conducting Multi-Crew Operations!
How is it that CASA can decide to put this requirement back in without going back to the reason it was taken out in the first place and realising that the reason is STILL valid?!
And worst of all, why are we as Pilots not doing more? Is it simply because we aren't in a position of any leverage to convince them to do otherwise? Is it because they appear to be made of teflon and the other Senate Inquiries involving them have come to almost nothing so we therefore can't be bothered any more?! Or are we simply all just a bunch of whingers not willing to actually stick our necks out. Or is it D. All of the above?
