PA31 in trouble at YSBK this evening
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Well said Atlas. Couldn't agree with you more.
As for TOJP...
I happen to have first hand experiance at the company in question, and have found them to be nothing short of the finest GA company I have ever dealt with (No, I don't own stock and I am not related to Dieter!
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These 'figures' you quote of, I am assuming by your post that you have had time since this incident to run a complete analaysis of all the hours flown by each PA31 on line, compared with every maintence issue ever reported by "the ATSB and from aircraft owners, pilots and suppliers". You must be some sort of statsitical genius, or an idiot savant (or, just the first part I suspect). To survery such a broad range of people, to troll through endless data from the ATSB and coalate all that into one consise brief opionion for us all is utterly amazing.
Oh, no, wait, I am wrong, you are spouting un-informed opinion plucked from the furthest and darkest reaches of your "Original Jetpipe".
Say, by the way the champ are you a pilot, maintainer, or mearly and annorak wearing plane spotter?
As for TOJP...
I happen to have first hand experiance at the company in question, and have found them to be nothing short of the finest GA company I have ever dealt with (No, I don't own stock and I am not related to Dieter!
).These 'figures' you quote of, I am assuming by your post that you have had time since this incident to run a complete analaysis of all the hours flown by each PA31 on line, compared with every maintence issue ever reported by "the ATSB and from aircraft owners, pilots and suppliers". You must be some sort of statsitical genius, or an idiot savant (or, just the first part I suspect). To survery such a broad range of people, to troll through endless data from the ATSB and coalate all that into one consise brief opionion for us all is utterly amazing.
Oh, no, wait, I am wrong, you are spouting un-informed opinion plucked from the furthest and darkest reaches of your "Original Jetpipe".
Say, by the way the champ are you a pilot, maintainer, or mearly and annorak wearing plane spotter?
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I agree mate. Airtex (a competitor of mine) are a great outfit and i wish we flew as much as they did.
To be honest though, lets say RatsoreA you work there, there will be things happening behind the scenes that you as a pilot would not know about. Management would not want to let the flight crew and other staff know about CASA problems because it will cause dramas in the ranks. Think about it.
I know people at Airtex and other people that are very close to the company and I know that there are problems there, they may be wild rumours but given the incidents they have had, it would be crazy to thing everything was 100%, A1, rosey nothing could be better. If anyone does think that they are an idiot.
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To be honest though, lets say RatsoreA you work there, there will be things happening behind the scenes that you as a pilot would not know about. Management would not want to let the flight crew and other staff know about CASA problems because it will cause dramas in the ranks. Think about it.
I know people at Airtex and other people that are very close to the company and I know that there are problems there, they may be wild rumours but given the incidents they have had, it would be crazy to thing everything was 100%, A1, rosey nothing could be better. If anyone does think that they are an idiot.
BB
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Yes, Bizz, I agree with you there. I am sure if you went deep enough through QANTAS, you find them not to be 100% what thier corperate image team would have you believe they are! I think that would stand true of any company.
But I would like to pull you up on one thing... I don't work for em. I work for the Federal govt for a department I am loathe to mention on this medium... (Minds out of the gutter people!) but I do have some assosiations with them.
Nobody is perfect, but to go sprouting wild accusations as TOJP did just boils my blood...
But I would like to pull you up on one thing... I don't work for em. I work for the Federal govt for a department I am loathe to mention on this medium... (Minds out of the gutter people!) but I do have some assosiations with them.
Nobody is perfect, but to go sprouting wild accusations as TOJP did just boils my blood...
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All,
None of my posts have been a personnel attack on any members of this network!!! so why do you feel the need to do so? Can you not comment is a professional manner???
I can comment on Airtex like anyone else, you do not need to be a genius to see from the reports that the ATSB have released, that they have had a large number of incidents relating to poor maintenance. BB is correct in stating that the management will not let any problems relating to CASA issues be know to the workers, however you would be walking round with your eyes shut not to see the problems!
To say they are the finest GA company (RatsoreA) is complete and utter B*****KS!!!
You need to pull your head out off your a***se and look around!!!!!
TOJP.
None of my posts have been a personnel attack on any members of this network!!! so why do you feel the need to do so? Can you not comment is a professional manner???
I can comment on Airtex like anyone else, you do not need to be a genius to see from the reports that the ATSB have released, that they have had a large number of incidents relating to poor maintenance. BB is correct in stating that the management will not let any problems relating to CASA issues be know to the workers, however you would be walking round with your eyes shut not to see the problems!
To say they are the finest GA company (RatsoreA) is complete and utter B*****KS!!!
You need to pull your head out off your a***se and look around!!!!!
TOJP.
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You may be interested that PGW Mojave landed at YSDU today with a feathered engine!! May be same engine that had a bandaid put on it at YORG a few weeks ago after blowing a cyl off. Pilot of that flight has now left the company because of maintance concerns.
You may be interested that PGW Mojave landed at YSDU today with a feathered engine!! May be same engine that had a bandaid put on it at YORG a few weeks ago after blowing a cyl off. Pilot of that flight has now left the company because of maintance concerns.
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Whilst the Igarden gnomeH is still calling some of the shots: ie everyone is dispensable, esp pilots,: the morale and care factor will continually strive, and succeed, to sink to new and lower levels.
Whilst the Igarden gnomeH is still calling some of the shots: ie everyone is dispensable, esp pilots,: the morale and care factor will continually strive, and succeed, to sink to new and lower levels.
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SR22??
Not sure about that but I heard that Airtex are in the final stages of gaining maintenance approval for the SR71. Applications are being accepted by the chief pilot for flight crew positions as we speak.
Also heard the Aerostars are being fitted out with tanks to conduct inflight refuelling on the SR71. There is talk of running them 55% over MTOW for this ops. CASA approved 60% from Sydney, however thats not available during Curfew ops. The one conditioin they have stipulated is that the pilot must be less than 60 Kgs. So I guess that leaves me out!
Not sure about that but I heard that Airtex are in the final stages of gaining maintenance approval for the SR71. Applications are being accepted by the chief pilot for flight crew positions as we speak.
Also heard the Aerostars are being fitted out with tanks to conduct inflight refuelling on the SR71. There is talk of running them 55% over MTOW for this ops. CASA approved 60% from Sydney, however thats not available during Curfew ops. The one conditioin they have stipulated is that the pilot must be less than 60 Kgs. So I guess that leaves me out!
