Wrightsair - William Creek.
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Wrightsair - William Creek.
I saw several Wrightsair aircraft at Marree this week. I think most of them were running Lake Eyre tours and suchlike.
I would like to put on record my admiration for the Wrightsair pilot Guys and Gals. I have never seen more professional behaviour, starting with voice procedure, manners and professionalism right down to the evening cleaning of the aircraft.
Why a Qantas or a Jetstar or a Virgin would not want to snap up young pilots with this type of background is simply beyond me.
P.S. I hope CASA gave you and all your operations a clean bill of health at William Creek.
I would like to put on record my admiration for the Wrightsair pilot Guys and Gals. I have never seen more professional behaviour, starting with voice procedure, manners and professionalism right down to the evening cleaning of the aircraft.
Why a Qantas or a Jetstar or a Virgin would not want to snap up young pilots with this type of background is simply beyond me.
P.S. I hope CASA gave you and all your operations a clean bill of health at William Creek.
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Sunny are you looking for a job with Big Trev are you? 
He runs a good ship and in fact one of my friends just started with them. Trevor provides an excellent start to the profession of flying for many young men and women. He doesn't take shyte though so you best know how to fly properly before getting there.
I have known Trevor for years so I am a bit biased. I have never worked for him though.
Glad to see some organisations are turning out good pilot's though Sunny.
Cheers
DB
He runs a good ship and in fact one of my friends just started with them. Trevor provides an excellent start to the profession of flying for many young men and women. He doesn't take shyte though so you best know how to fly properly before getting there.
I have known Trevor for years so I am a bit biased. I have never worked for him though.
Glad to see some organisations are turning out good pilot's though Sunny.
Cheers
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It's just like ...climbing FLXXX pending clearance 
I think what the Ranga wants is a correct TAXI call or IFR departure report, and THEN you will be given all the stuff you need, including the traffic and a code. But what would I know.....
just a lowly bugsmasher...
I think what the Ranga wants is a correct TAXI call or IFR departure report, and THEN you will be given all the stuff you need, including the traffic and a code. But what would I know.....
just a lowly bugsmasher...
Thanks Dr!
The RFDS are doing now - so it must be right
I can't stand sloppy radio phraseology. If you can't be bothered to make the call correctly, what else can't you be bothered to do.....
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The RFDS are doing now - so it must be right!
I always request my "airways when available",
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How long before this becomes the standard, non standard phraseology?
It wasn't the intent, but somehow this has morphed into another R/T phraseology thread. So while we're at it, seems to be the trend lately:
"Centre, XYZ IFR Taxi"
Did I miss something new in the Jepps? I just launch straight in and give a taxi call...
"Centre, XYZ IFR Taxi"
Did I miss something new in the Jepps? I just launch straight in and give a taxi call...
@maverick22 - I think it's just a bit of courtesy to let the controller finish whatever it is they are currently doing and pay attention to you, before you fire away with all of your details, only to be told to standby after blocking the freq for 15 seconds. You never know what else they may be organising on the other side of the mic...
Yeah fair enough but is it anywhere in the Jepps? The plan is already in the system, so the details should already be there? I could understand this call if I was lodging details (i.e. no flight notification). 
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Jepp ATC pg AU-714 6.1.2 "The pilot of an IFR flight departing from a non-towered aerodrome must report 'IFR' when making first contact with ATS."
As NZ said, sometimes people use this as a starting point to give ATC a chance to pick up their pen before you go into the barrage of information. You would be surprised how much other stuff the guy on the console has to do apart from talk to you. Plenty of times they will tell you to 'standby' while attending to another matter before your taxi call - especially when things are busy. Put yourself in the other bloke's shoes for a moment and see what you would prefer!
As NZ said, sometimes people use this as a starting point to give ATC a chance to pick up their pen before you go into the barrage of information. You would be surprised how much other stuff the guy on the console has to do apart from talk to you. Plenty of times they will tell you to 'standby' while attending to another matter before your taxi call - especially when things are busy. Put yourself in the other bloke's shoes for a moment and see what you would prefer!