New shortage of pilots.
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Go overseas, work, make good money, retire early to the Sunshine Coast, buy fishing boat
Stay in Aus, work, make average money, pay exorbitant cost of living, can't afford to retire, live in city suburbs near the airport, holiday in Noosa, go fishing with old mate, contribute 6-pack
Stay in Aus, work, make average money, pay exorbitant cost of living, can't afford to retire, live in city suburbs near the airport, holiday in Noosa, go fishing with old mate, contribute 6-pack
Does anyone know or think that this new part 61, which I believe the UK and Europe are undergoing to better align with the rest of the world, will make a difference in where pilots will be able to work? Assuming of course he/she has the right to live and work in these parts of the world?
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CASA recognised the hours I've flown overseas to issue me my ATPL as well as Gas Turbune Engine and Pressurisation design features on the license. I also know of a few people who went overseas with relatively low hours and came back to Australia flying the A320. So, yes we do know it's possible and it's not a major issue as long as you have the hours and the verification stamps in the logbook.
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Well said. National Pride is one thing, arrogance, and ignorance is systemic in the CASA system that has a disturbing amount of unnecessary counterproductive self-serving bureaucracy that is an economic cancer with ever escalating costs.
The only other place worse is the UK which is where CASA plagiarize expressions like "Underpinning knowledge" and develop acronyms for expressions that are only used by CASA that no one in the rest of the world understands.
Going to American "part Numbers" is an illusion of common sense when its really just thin veneer or white wash to hide a bureaucratic nightmare.
CASA have a vested self-serving financial interest in ever increasing bureaucracy with ever increasing Rules rather than applying the KISS principle.
Australia is lucky for the WW2 Event as many of our regulations originate from RAAF documents that were common around the world.
It's rather interesting looking at how simple and practical those old regs are.
I never ever forget meeting the Director General of the DCA in his office and he spent the entire time with his golf club, hitting balls into a glass jar.
Ramjet...
Well said. National Pride is one thing, arrogance, and ignorance is systemic in the CASA system that has a disturbing amount of unnecessary counterproductive self-serving bureaucracy that is an economic cancer with ever escalating costs.
The only other place worse is the UK which is where CASA plagiarize expressions like "Underpinning knowledge" and develop acronyms for expressions that are only used by CASA that no one in the rest of the world understands.
Going to American "part Numbers" is an illusion of common sense when its really just thin veneer or white wash to hide a bureaucratic nightmare.
CASA have a vested self-serving financial interest in ever increasing bureaucracy with ever increasing Rules rather than applying the KISS principle.
Australia is lucky for the WW2 Event as many of our regulations originate from RAAF documents that were common around the world.
It's rather interesting looking at how simple and practical those old regs are.
I never ever forget meeting the Director General of the DCA in his office and he spent the entire time with his golf club, hitting balls into a glass jar.
Ramjet...
