Audible pressure alarms may have prevented plane crash
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Hi again Creampuff. Firstly, this is starting to get way off the original topic so I'll be brief and try not to comment further on this thread.
As you may be aware there is probably a million definitions for a "professional pilot". In any case, I would suggest in broad terms that a professional pilot is one whose livelihood is dependent to some degree on flying aeroplanes for a living (and maintaining the required licenses and qualifications relevant to that employment).
While you might believe that CASA "flying" staff don't fit the above definition, at this point in time, they are required to maintain certain minimum qualifications and are required to fly aeroplanes in commercial activities, albeit on an ever decreasing basis.
Regards.
Henry
As you may be aware there is probably a million definitions for a "professional pilot". In any case, I would suggest in broad terms that a professional pilot is one whose livelihood is dependent to some degree on flying aeroplanes for a living (and maintaining the required licenses and qualifications relevant to that employment).
While you might believe that CASA "flying" staff don't fit the above definition, at this point in time, they are required to maintain certain minimum qualifications and are required to fly aeroplanes in commercial activities, albeit on an ever decreasing basis.
Regards.
Henry
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Henry mate 
Close; but that only means that he is legally entitled to get paid for exercising the privileges of his license, it doesn't necessarily mean that he is "professional".
I'm sure that there are both types in all organisations.
Recognising which is who is the trick.
As Greenslade was wont to observe, "it's all in the mind you know!"
In any case, I would suggest in broad terms that a professional pilot is one whose livelihood is dependent to some degree on flying aeroplanes for a living (and maintaining the required licenses and qualifications relevant to that employment).
I'm sure that there are both types in all organisations.
Recognising which is who is the trick.
As Greenslade was wont to observe, "it's all in the mind you know!"
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I know a lot of "professional" private (amateur) pilots as well as a lot of amateur professional pilots.
One other consideration in regard to pressurisation is to introduce operating procedures that might detect any inoperability in the system such as using the altimeter check on climb out at transition level to check pressurisation "is on and functioning correctly" and perhaps again passing 20,000.
One other consideration in regard to pressurisation is to introduce operating procedures that might detect any inoperability in the system such as using the altimeter check on climb out at transition level to check pressurisation "is on and functioning correctly" and perhaps again passing 20,000.
