That's because Cactus is taking the mick :ok:

Comcars are for Senators and Members of Parliament only. Public servants don't get a look-in; they never have.

The part about keeping FF points used to be true, but hasn't been since 2009. Status credits and therefore lounge access are fair game though.

Effect of Regulator?? and the FF fumble
 

The latest AC from today:

Where is the local field office??

Didn't Fort Fumble close all these.

I wonder if the editing of this document just happened to miss a copy of the US version??

Who was this Creamie???
 

THE HEADLINE “AIRHEAD DOES Bellyflop” appeared on page 13 of a national newspaper, followed by a report that .............. , the general manager of general aviation operations at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, had done a wheels-up in a Bonanza.

Guess who??

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps0f4d553a.png

Tsk tsk
 

Nice landing!! Hope said pilot got himself a lawyer at the time, surely the 'R'egulator would have tried to take action?? Naughty pilots :=

I'm pleased to report that FIM's still going strong. I guess that's why they invented insurance ...

One of the many important lessons I learned in the wake of the incident is that there is a scarily large number of illiterates in aviation in Australia. I wrote an article spelling out what happened, it's available on-line, and there are still people who talk about a 'wheels-up'! The PIC and I still laugh about it, when we catch up.

I now no longer wonder why GA in Australia is in the state it's in. :{

Look what the cat dragged in!
 

Clinton, long time between overs, funny that you pop your head up now!
Be careful that the IOS don't chop it off :=
There's a good boy, fly away now!

'Wheels up'

selecting undercarriage retraction at particularly inappropriate moments seems to be a CASA party trick.

as you say "thank heavens for insurance" wouldn't want to bear responsibility for ones actions would one. not the way CASA works. :mad:

QED. :(

If you use the 'search' function, P377, you'll find out that I post quite frequently.

So when did CASA take your licence away? It obviously and understandably affected you deeply.

serious question clinton.

did your BFR get signed off after that flight?

No no good sir, no wheels up landings for me. Licence intact, albeit somewhat restricted these days (old age is a bitch and retirement is a necessary evil). This old dog has seen more transatlantic crossings than the sun itself! It would have taken a heck of a lot more than a couple of bookworms, a few Chromosome deficient Inspector Plods and some pineappled ex lawyers to pinch my license :=

But hey, we are brothers, fellow pilots, why should we squabble when we should be embracing the skies of this glorious country while we still have air in our lungs old friend :ok:

My recollection of Clinton McKenzie's article in 'Flight Safety' September- October 1999 of his incident in A36 Bonanza, VH-FIM was simply this: After landing with the undercarriage down and locked, he attempted to retract the wing flaps but misidentified the undercarriage lever, before the squat switches had taken over.

I've flown with Clinton on the odd occasion over the last twenty eight years. And I'm happy to say that I consider him to be the most competent and safe pilot that I've ever flown with. These days, he leaves the wing flap clean up to prior to the engine shut down checks.

Not really sure why there's a few of you out there in PPRuNe land, that hate the guy so much..

dont hate the guy at all.

casa live in a dream world where their embuggerance is never applied to them so they are never really aware of how much of a cockup this regulatory mess affects people.

there are legislative changes made in other countries on the basis of safety cases.
here in australia you can get the tick if you are one of casa's mates, but only if you are one of casa's mates.

I still want to know if his BFR was signed off after the flight.

you see if it was is shows a man who is prepared to "flagrantly ignore safety" and if he wasn't a casa staffer would probably be hounded and found a not fit and proper person to hold a licence. one rule for casa and fcuk the rest of you.

Hi clinton
 

I did a google search tonight and found the following:

AMSA Executive contacts

Office of Legal Counsel
Clinton McKenzie
Phone (02) 6279 5874
Fax (02) 6279 5017

Just if anyone needs to talk to him and ask some more questions.

By the way, the last post was in September 2013 [http://www.pprune.org/8069496-post22.html]
and a post I just can't fathom as to why it would be published in this context:

http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/502557-casa-chess-game-17.html

So... Shock, Quelle Horreur...

He doesn't work for CASA anymore. So when did he last do so?

Over to you, up-into-the-air and w8? Please tell us all that.

Just a little bit tacky, in my view, to identify PPRuNe posters publically....

Whoopee do guys get on with life, to drag up sh!t that is irrelevant to the core topic and publicly exposing names indicates how much spare time some of you people must have.

Cactus, based on you in depth knowledge of CASA you are beginning to portray the traits of a current or ex 'R' egulator :ok:

I don't work for CASA and I'm certainly not trying to defend them, however lets face it no 'R' egulator as Cactus puts it will never have a super chummy relationship with industry - fact.

Lukim

Of course not, W8. It wasn't signed off until the next flight (which ended slightly less embarrassingly...).

I’m not your “brother” or “friend” P377. I don’t make friends with cowards.

As for you, UITA, I posted in the ‘photos’ thread on 8 March 2014 (post #874) – i.e. less than a week ago. Contact details for a job I left 15 years ago? WTF? You and P377 are part of the reason GA in Australia is in the state it’s in: An oversupply of idiots in a very small village. (Spot on WW: They both work/ed for CASA!)

Looking forward to the next big trip, g111. :ok:

QUOTE:I'm happy to say that I consider him to be the most competent and safe pilot that I've ever flown with: QUOTE.


That makes him as 'average' as me. We both have the same number of take off's as landings and that's a good thing. Who wants to be a great pilot?


The 'Bone on the belly' is embarrassing, but what the hell, he walked away from it and the door obviously opens.

Ouch
Para377 = Doc Holiday (not Doc Voodoo) and Clinton = Ed

I asked today about the tactile knobs on the switches and how you could misidentify an actuator with a wheel knob and an actuator with a wedge flap knob.

I'm told that the design of the controls on the particular aeroplane is crap and it is very easy to select the wrong actuator. particular care needs to be taken to identify that the correct actuator is selected.

considering the details I was given clinton was a victim of poor cockpit design.

Folks,
Lousy design of flight controls have cost a lot of lives over the years, and vast embarrassment in the non-fatals.
Early Bonanzas were a particular problem, some of the eastern block light aircraft of the 1950/60s were an accident looking for somewhere to happen.
Tootle pip!!