Pro Pilot Article

[scud_runner]

For an interesting article with an American perspective on Australian Aviation check out:

http://propilotmag.com/June/article1_june.html

[OpsNormal]

Great article scud, I found the bit....

....Critics of the Australian system of aviation regulation have said CASA maintains safety by keeping pilots and aircraft on the ground, mainly through a harsh system of testing, evaluation and enforcement. While CASA would probably disagree with this assessment, the agency certainly understands that its public relations problems are growing.....

.... quite interesting.

Ssshhhh, somebody else seems to have noticed....

[scud_runner]

Yeah I think that people need to 'sell' aviation a bit more in this country. Businesses just look at the cost without considering the time saving involved.

I also know that some organisations could benefit from corporate/charter aviation but because everyone get massive overnight/travel allowances none of the employees will do it!! They could complete a 4 day mission in one day EASILY but because of the travel allowances involved with driving 'there would be an uproar' I was told!

[snarek]

It is the bean counters you have to convince. I once used a Cherokee Six to travel for work (remote area Telecom stuff) in the 80s. The bean counters got hold of it and decided that $100 an hour was too much (to move 4 guys and equipment from Darwin to Alice in 6 hours). So I got banned from doing it.

Ho hum

AK

[RYAN TCAD]

I like the bit about execu-jet growing by 450% over the past year. What - that means instead of the two flights they had last financial year they've now had 8 or 9?

[C182 Drover]

It is the bean counters you have to convince. I once used a Cherokee Six to travel for work (remote area Telecom stuff) in the 80s. The bean counters got hold of it and decided that $100 an hour was too much (to move 4 guys and equipment from Darwin to Alice in 6 hours). So I got banned from doing it.

snarek,

Never mind the bean counters, you may have been breaking the law as a private pilot under Reg 206?

C182

[C182 Drover]

Go and read for yourself CAR's 1988 Part 14 Air Service Operations 206 "Commercial purposes" (1), (a), (viii) also (b), (i)

I may be reading this wrong but;

I once used a Cherokee Six to travel for work (remote area Telecom stuff) in the 80s. The bean counters got hold of it and decided that $100 an hour was too much (to move 4 guys and equipment from Darwin to Alice in 6 hours).

it looks as though this falls under "Commercial Ops"

[Sheep Guts]

"In the outback, NDB approaches are the norm at many small airports and World War II-style dead reckoning navigation techniques are still commonly taught and used throughout Australia. Even with the widespread use of satellite navigation, the ability to fly from point to point over featureless terrain with no navigational aids for help is a skill that is likely to serve Australian pilots well for the foreseeable future."




Well maybe the old WWII way but its a well proven method, way and when your GPS,FMC MFD,EADI,EICAS, EHSI,LORAN,RNAV,VOR,ILS,NDB,PAR,TACAN Systems fails DR is all you got left eh?

Try doing it lowlevel in the Desert 500agl DR that will test how good you are.


Sorry my 2 cents worth

Regards
Sheep

P.S. Fly and Otter with none of the above

[Wheeler]

Great article Scud Runner.