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Gerry Broberg
Probably going to start a heated debate here, but has anyone seen the article re. the 'Zambian ferry' (p.78) and the advert regarding Gerry Broberg (p.105) in the latest edition (November 2006) in the 'African Pilot'?
In my opinion it is BLATENT slander and futhermore, I cannot BELIEVE African Pilot would actually publish such an advert. Personally, I have never had ANY issues or hassles with Mr Broberg. In fact, he has only ever been helpfull to myself and MANY other people I have spoken to.
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In my opinion it is BLATENT slander and futhermore, I cannot BELIEVE African Pilot would actually publish such an advert. Personally, I have never had ANY issues or hassles with Mr Broberg. In fact, he has only ever been helpfull to myself and MANY other people I have spoken to.
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I could not agree with you more - a fine gentleman indeed. Its a pity that the article was so poorly written as well!!!! And that ad?!!!! How could the editor agree to publish it?!!! This is meant to be a respected and highly sought after industry and yet we want to bash our own people. Gerry, we're on your side mate!
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DD, read the same article wondering to myself WTF? cherry on top is the advert on pg105. Sad thing about SA aviation, little boys with big toys, and the mentality to match. Other forums also discussed this topic, and as you rightly said, the CAA gent concerened has been more of a help,than a hinderance, to the fling wing side of the industry.
Part 127 operators that do not play by the rules are sure enough going to get their fingers tapped, until they play by the rules !Crying foul over bygones is one way of attracting negative attention from the masses. One wonders what are the motives of the chaps at EH ?:
Part 127 operators that do not play by the rules are sure enough going to get their fingers tapped, until they play by the rules !Crying foul over bygones is one way of attracting negative attention from the masses. One wonders what are the motives of the chaps at EH ?:
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Is is such a shame that story like that happen in SA.Shame to African Pilot for printing this ad.....that shows you what people wil do for money.
. I deal personally with the gent for years and never ever had a problem with him or his attitude. Gerry does it by the book and that is surely what disturb some so called "businessman". I hope that CAA will take it high and strong. Well done Gerry, we are proud of you.
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I have found African Pilot to be a partucularly good publication for starting braais,folded up it can stop a table rocking,something for the dog to pee on and even as paper mashe' but as for editorial content its little more than a reggie spotters little mag of glossy pictures.
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igh Blood pressure from screaming and shouting and aggravation was the order of the day everyday, many e-mails, faxes and lots of irate phone calls, people just don't phone you back, probably at least half of the numerous faxes and phone calls I made could have been avoided if people called me back. To mention just a few of the government departments that I dealt with were, Foreign Affairs, S.A. Air Force Command, S.A. high Comm., in Botswana, the head of the BDF, NCAC, Customs and Excise. Eventually the final piece of paper(permit) was approved and we set sail on Tuesday 12th September from Cape Town at 11h00. It was quite an awesome spectacle to see three Huey's take off together and fly in formation on their way up to Beaufort West (FABW) for refueling. Unfortunately range is always an issue for helicopters and the range/time we worked on was approximately two hours ten minutes flying before landing to refuel. Each helicopter carried 3 x 200 litre drums of jet A-1... so about thirty minutes out of Beaufort West we had to land in a suitable area in the veld, shutdown, get the drums out and hand pump the fuel into the a/c. With only one hand pump from Cape Town for all three machines, the first refueling stop obviously took quite some time, a good opportunity to eat, walk around and relieve the plumbing. We eventually got all three helicopters refueled and headed off to FABW. The guy we use to refuel us in Beaufort West, got permission for us to land on a rugby field close to town, as the airfield is quite far out and he only has a very small fuel browser, any helicopter landing in such a small town attracts hordes of curious onlookers, so you can imagine what three military colour Huey's attracted, lots and lots of onlookers, mainly children. Our upbeat attitude was disturbed by SACAA employee Gerry Broberg, who got the local SAPS to come and harass us because he claimed we never had the necessary municipal authority in writing... to land where we did. After a brief sojourn to the local SAPS office, and producing heaps of papers / permits, etc, we were allowed on our merry way to depart without any further trouble. We were told by a senior SAPS officer that Gerry Broberg was waiting for us in Polokwane, our customs exit point from South Africa. We departed FABW much later than we wanted to due to Gerry Broberg's nonsense on our way to Kimberley, this time with another three hand pumps that were kindly donated to us by Ernst Heydenrych of Engen Truck Stop in Beaufort West, who also gave us ten kilograms of the best dry wors I have ever eaten. Time and light and speed were now becoming an issue... and then lady luck shone on us, we got a tailwind all the way to Kimberley averaging 143 kts ground speed on our new Garmin 296 GPS's, we flew from FABW to Kimberley without stopping to refuel. We landed in Kimberley at 18h30 pm local time just as the light was fading, so despite Gerry Brobergs aggravation we still made it in before dark. any of you have a copy of the ad?
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The ad is as follows:
"ARE YOU A 'BROBERG' VICTIM
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HARRASSED, INTIMIDATED, THREATENED BY GERRY BROBERG OF THE SACAA, THEN PLEASE CALL OR E-MAIL ME.
GERRY BROBERG HAS ABUSED HIS AUTHORITY TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION, WE ARE GOING TO BRING HIM TO BOOK.
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"ARE YOU A 'BROBERG' VICTIM
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HARRASSED, INTIMIDATED, THREATENED BY GERRY BROBERG OF THE SACAA, THEN PLEASE CALL OR E-MAIL ME.
GERRY BROBERG HAS ABUSED HIS AUTHORITY TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION, WE ARE GOING TO BRING HIM TO BOOK.
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Gerry Broberg
Unprofessional , childlike tantrums should really not be entertained by a publication that would have itself taken seriously by the SA aviation community. As for the advert -the author and magazine should be a little cautious about the legal consequences of publishing this kind of slander.
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What a load of rubbish!! I am glad I did not waste any money on that magazine, I was shown the article the other day. Seems like the writer has forgotten ye old story about pointing a finger at someone else and forgetting about the three pointing back at you.
Go Gerry! I know you will have the support of the moral majority on this one.
I am glad I did not waste any money on that magazine, I was shown the article the other day. Seems like the writer has forgotten ye old story about pointing a finger at someone else and forgetting about the three pointing back at you. Go Gerry! I know you will have the support of the moral majority on this one.
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Completely agreed - Alan Fanaroff & his cronies have gone way OTT on this issue & I can only hope that someone in authority applies the requisite amount of pressure on his painful parts.
For those not familiar with the circumstances, Gerry Broberg is a senior helicopter aviator who has been the SACAA helicopter guru for some years now. His position has brought him into direct conflict with those, such as Mr. Fanaroff & Van der Merwe who quite clearly have flouted the regulations for a considerable time now behind some cock-eyed court edict that completely ignores the tenets of what the CAA stands for.
Believing that by throwing money at something it will eventually come around to your way of thinking they've now had the gall to place this advert. I cannot believe that Athol Franz from African Pilot is that desperate for the revenue or that blinkered that he would allow a ropey outfit such as this to place a challenge such as this to an officer of the regulatory authority.
Hey, if this was bureaucracy gone bad I'd be the first in supporting the miscreants outing but I am 100% certain that in this case it is the those who flout the regulations on a regular basis who are attempting to further their controversial existence by challenging the very authority which is meant to control their divergent business.
As a mod it's not often that I voice my opinion on such sensitive issues but when I see a figure of authority, charged with regulating the safe existence of an industry being attacked in this puerile fashion I have no hesitation in speaking out in his support. I've know Gerry for over twenty years now, more as a fellow aviation professional than as a mate and I have only the greatest respect for both his flying abilities as well as his ability to regulate an industry that he has developed and grown in.
Shame on you Athol Franz; I expected more from your publication. I can't see Tom Chalmers stooping to this level.
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For those not familiar with the circumstances, Gerry Broberg is a senior helicopter aviator who has been the SACAA helicopter guru for some years now. His position has brought him into direct conflict with those, such as Mr. Fanaroff & Van der Merwe who quite clearly have flouted the regulations for a considerable time now behind some cock-eyed court edict that completely ignores the tenets of what the CAA stands for.
Believing that by throwing money at something it will eventually come around to your way of thinking they've now had the gall to place this advert. I cannot believe that Athol Franz from African Pilot is that desperate for the revenue or that blinkered that he would allow a ropey outfit such as this to place a challenge such as this to an officer of the regulatory authority.
Hey, if this was bureaucracy gone bad I'd be the first in supporting the miscreants outing but I am 100% certain that in this case it is the those who flout the regulations on a regular basis who are attempting to further their controversial existence by challenging the very authority which is meant to control their divergent business.
As a mod it's not often that I voice my opinion on such sensitive issues but when I see a figure of authority, charged with regulating the safe existence of an industry being attacked in this puerile fashion I have no hesitation in speaking out in his support. I've know Gerry for over twenty years now, more as a fellow aviation professional than as a mate and I have only the greatest respect for both his flying abilities as well as his ability to regulate an industry that he has developed and grown in.
Shame on you Athol Franz; I expected more from your publication. I can't see Tom Chalmers stooping to this level.
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I have been dormant on this site since the Afrikaans debacle, however, I must add my bit to this discussion.
African Pilot as a publication will never be on my shopping list, ever again. I cannot agree more with 4holerpoler, Gerry has and will always be the complete profesional and a slanderous article like this should never be published. He went after the rotten apples when nobody else, including the CAA legal department had the guts for it.
I hope this time round they hang these individuals out to dry and get them out of our sky. Arthole is an idiot., 
African Pilot as a publication will never be on my shopping list, ever again. I cannot agree more with 4holerpoler, Gerry has and will always be the complete profesional and a slanderous article like this should never be published. He went after the rotten apples when nobody else, including the CAA legal department had the guts for it.
I hope this time round they hang these individuals out to dry and get them out of our sky. Arthole is an idiot.,
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Guys - you've heard the saying "take it from whence it comes" - Gerry is a man who does it by the book - like most of us try to do and, for sure, as my operation does. I, too, am surprised that AP published this but when you look at who placed the ad - should we be surprised? That crowd - and they all stick together - are an accident waiting to happen and it's a pity the CAA does not have a few more Gerry Brobergs around. Our skies would be safer.
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This sounds soooooo familiar. Old AF up to his tricks again, silly duck. Don't pay too much attention to his rantings and ravings, or his acceptance of such blatant defamations. If I were you, I would get Mr. Gerry to sue the pants off the writer and African Pilot. That's the only thing that will stop him publishing such nonsense!!
African Pilot. That's the only thing that will stop him publishing such nonsense!!
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Fanaroff!
Reading the opening sentence of Fanaroff's article, one can only assume that this is indeed the self described character of this man. A raving lunatic!
These guys have swamped themselves in with so much turd, and have absolute zero credibility in the aviation industry.
By soliciting support from the aviation industry in such an unscrupolous manner, is a clear indication of how desperate this guy is. He committed an irregularity, got his license revoked and re-instated, and now wants to take his revenge on an official who acted within his rights with full support of the Commissioner.
Athol Franz is an absolute wooz by allowing the publishing of such rubbish. I will not buy his magazine ever again, and I think he owes Broberg an apology for allowing the placement of such rubbish.
These guys have swamped themselves in with so much turd, and have absolute zero credibility in the aviation industry.
By soliciting support from the aviation industry in such an unscrupolous manner, is a clear indication of how desperate this guy is. He committed an irregularity, got his license revoked and re-instated, and now wants to take his revenge on an official who acted within his rights with full support of the Commissioner.
Athol Franz is an absolute wooz by allowing the publishing of such rubbish. I will not buy his magazine ever again, and I think he owes Broberg an apology for allowing the placement of such rubbish.
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Fanaroff made a few threats on another forum. I think this ad is the result of those threats and a weak attempt to garner support for what is turning out to be a personal vendetta against those who don't support his overstepping of the mark. This amounts to taking careful aim at his foot. Personally, I'm waiting with bated breath to see when he's going to squeeze the trigger....
GB is the consummate professional and operates on a level to which both AFs could only aspire.
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Completely agreed - Alan Fanaroff & his cronies have gone way OTT on this issue & I can only hope that someone in authority applies the requisite amount of pressure on his painful parts.
For those not familiar with the circumstances, Gerry Broberg is a senior helicopter aviator who has been the SACAA helicopter guru for some years now. His position has brought him into direct conflict with those, such as Mr. Fanaroff & Van der Merwe who quite clearly have flouted the regulations for a considerable time now behind some cock-eyed court edict that completely ignores the tenets of what the CAA stands for.
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For those not familiar with the circumstances, Gerry Broberg is a senior helicopter aviator who has been the SACAA helicopter guru for some years now. His position has brought him into direct conflict with those, such as Mr. Fanaroff & Van der Merwe who quite clearly have flouted the regulations for a considerable time now behind some cock-eyed court edict that completely ignores the tenets of what the CAA stands for.
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