With the occasional movement of pilots leaving Australian airlines for overseas jobs, an interesting point arises where the overseas operator requires the candidate to have a current Australian IPC.
Most Australian airlines have a cyclic training programme that includes an `imbedded` IPC for want of a better description. Yet, it seems CASA refuses to accept the cyclic training schedule as equivalent to an IPC for anyone leaving the airline. The situation thus exists where pilots who have been taking part in their airline cyclic training are forced to go to the expense of undergoing a separate IPC to present to their overseas employer.
To an outside observer this seems an unfair impost on airline pilots who are considered perfectly safe to crew Australian registered aircraft on the basis of their CASA approved cyclic training. But, the day they leave their parent airline, CASA deems them unsafe to hold an IPC until they prove their competency by undergoing an IPC outside of their cyclic training.
