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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Apr 2024, 21:16
Replies: 2
Views: 994
Posted By lucille

Jetstar and QantasLink are employing hour...

Jetstar and QantasLink are employing hour builders.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Apr 2024, 01:38
Replies: 545
Views: 130,853
Posted By lucille

Someone correct me please, but I seem to...

Someone correct me please, but I seem to recollect that the FOs phone was pinged a couple of times while they were over Penang. If true, then at least one phone was on.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Apr 2024, 17:52
Replies: 227
Views: 102,757
Posted By lucille

Not all countries have laws which protect freedom...

Not all countries have laws which protect freedom of speech and privacy. What protections do pilots in these countries have that CVR recordings are not downloaded unofficially? The presumption of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Apr 2024, 21:40
Replies: 10
Views: 1,757
Posted By lucille

You do know there’s web sites in India which...

You do know there’s web sites in India which offer PhD level academic projects to lazy undergraduate students for a fee. And for a bit extra, they will tailor them to suit your exact course...
Forum: Medical & Health
7th Apr 2024, 06:40
Replies: 8
Views: 1,957
Posted By lucille

Better to first go speak to the doc who...

Better to first go speak to the doc who prescribed you the medication and ask him/her about the implications and whether there may be alternate medication available.

I’m no expert but if you’re...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2024, 20:21
Replies: 36
Views: 6,117
Posted By lucille

I’m sure you can dig up one or two cases of the...

I’m sure you can dig up one or two cases of the existence of such instructors, but the reality has always been the opposite. Instructing has always been the play ground of hour builders too “refined”...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2024, 04:16
Replies: 36
Views: 6,117
Posted By lucille

Beggars belief that any aspiring commercial pilot...

Beggars belief that any aspiring commercial pilot not know what every other aircraft looks like. Weren’t we all avid plane spotters to some degree at some point in our careers?

“During this...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Mar 2024, 22:46
Replies: 36
Views: 6,117
Posted By lucille

I totally agree with both of you. In the perfect...

I totally agree with both of you. In the perfect world, the employer should provide this level of training.

But, the reality is they’re not and in all probability never will. Which is why, on...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Mar 2024, 22:05
Replies: 36
Views: 6,117
Posted By lucille

After reading the course content, I think it’s...

After reading the course content, I think it’s worth doing. But 10 full days would be better. Being an effective and confident bush charter pilot is much more than taking a 210 from A to B. I’d go as...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Mar 2024, 23:12
Replies: 247
Views: 105,987
Posted By lucille

Apparently the basis of the appeal is that 18...

Apparently the basis of the appeal is that 18 years is too much because of his health. So it’s ok for a fit 25 year old to serve 18 years for an identical crime, but not him.

Meanwhile, he’s...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2024, 11:38
Replies: 38
Views: 3,396
Posted By lucille

So, from an article in The Australian by Robyn...

So, from an article in The Australian by Robyn Ironside dated January 25, 2024.

the first paragraph copy and pasted,

…..” Aviation accidents in Australia fell to their lowest level in 17-years...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Mar 2024, 11:25
Replies: 227
Views: 102,757
Posted By lucille

So, no battery powered standby AHRS? Yikes!...

So, no battery powered standby AHRS? Yikes! That’s what you’d call a catastrophe. But, but, but wait… everything resolved itself after a few seconds. Phew.. crisis averted, well other than the 50...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Mar 2024, 21:17
Replies: 110
Views: 41,553
Posted By lucille

Strangest thing is the complete lack of news...

Strangest thing is the complete lack of news about this case. Especially after the AFP released their action movie style video of the bust at Monto to the news media. Drone footage complete with...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Mar 2024, 01:36
Replies: 88
Views: 25,568
Posted By lucille

43”… after nearly 30 years working and living...

43”… after nearly 30 years working and living overseas, I can think of maybe half a dozen such countries, and these are not anywhere an intelligent human would willingly visit. Military airports...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Feb 2024, 09:47
Replies: 16
Views: 3,320
Posted By lucille

Yup Many years of perusing logbooks at...

Yup

Many years of perusing logbooks at interviews had resulted in my hearing some hilarious justifications. The subsequent shaking of my head in disbelief gave me the best cardio exercise.

To...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Feb 2024, 05:45
Replies: 113
Views: 8,971
Posted By lucille

Yup, they have left no wheel uninvented.

Yup, they have left no wheel uninvented.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Feb 2024, 05:20
Replies: 32
Views: 3,385
Posted By lucille

Indeed, but as you know every operator these days...

Indeed, but as you know every operator these days knows better how to operate a C210 than dear old Mr. Cessna. And in the grand old tradition of Aussie GA, every wheel was reinvented and there could...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Feb 2024, 19:14
Replies: 1,549
Views: 536,408
Posted By lucille

Meanwhile in Tge Australian today, BHP train...

Meanwhile in Tge Australian today, BHP train drivers in the Pilbara get a rise in basic pay from the current $250K to $300K over the next 5 years. Plus a $40K retention bonus.

Article also states...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2024, 11:03
Replies: 36
Views: 5,623
Posted By lucille

I was flying already weary C210s in the mid 70s....

I was flying already weary C210s in the mid 70s. 50 years later they’re still tooling around (mainly) desert Australia with its strong thermals and subsequent heavy turbulence.

I’ll bet Mr. Cessna...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jan 2024, 19:36
Replies: 46
Views: 13,181
Posted By lucille

Have things calmed down in Moresby yet? I’m...

Have things calmed down in Moresby yet? I’m guessing the stores are all empty, nothing left to loot so may as well relax and settle down to chew a bit of buai.

Curious as to what defines a failed...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jan 2024, 10:43
Replies: 38
Views: 4,475
Posted By lucille

Clare, I would agree. If only more people...

Clare, I would agree. If only more people realised that there’s no “I” in “Team”.

No company has any use for a Chuck Yeager with the personality traits of Josef Stalin.

The fact is a freshly...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Jan 2024, 11:09
Replies: 59
Views: 14,743
Posted By lucille

I wonder if any of us would have ever thought of...

I wonder if any of us would have ever thought of publicly documenting our numerous serial disappointments over the courses of our respective careers?

The OPs tales of woe are not unique and they...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Jan 2024, 11:11
Replies: 59
Views: 14,743
Posted By lucille

I’m disappointed that there hasn’t been a...

I’m disappointed that there hasn’t been a response from the OP thanking FlyingBear for the time and effort that he took to write that excellent informative post.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jan 2024, 22:13
Replies: 30
Views: 10,365
Posted By lucille

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/512x426/66fb4de8_4bf6_44e4_8f84_2a53a0f39cfe_7f07bdbed3375916ddab764dfdb264b85fd7f8fd.jpeg

MEL’d Cat D. Good to go.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Dec 2023, 10:57
Replies: 9
Views: 2,274
Posted By lucille

If any CASA employees are on this thread, can you...

If any CASA employees are on this thread, can you kindly comment why it is that the majority of people involved in aviation firmly believe that CASA does it’s best to deter general aviation of any...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Nov 2023, 10:09
Replies: 17
Views: 5,210
Posted By lucille

Check out the pronouns used for the egg...

Check out the pronouns used for the egg collector. .. “their” and “them”. Apparently his and him are too toxic for our delicate ATSB.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Nov 2023, 00:08
Replies: 147
Views: 54,097
Posted By lucille

If it was a training exercise, surely the trainer...

If it was a training exercise, surely the trainer would have intervened long before the stall.

TUC at 28,000 ft is 2.5 to 3 minutes… given some people can march up Everest without oxygen, that 3...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Oct 2023, 08:29
Replies: 1,578
Views: 497,627
Posted By lucille

CFMEU tactics will only work if your reps are...

CFMEU tactics will only work if your reps are hard men with prison records and the pilot body is equally disdainful of legal process.

None of the above will ever apply to a body of professionals....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Oct 2023, 05:10
Replies: 259
Views: 81,223
Posted By lucille

12 pages of speculation and analysis for this...

12 pages of speculation and analysis for this accident. Yet the Jabiru at Stanthorpe on the 19th gets zero interest.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Oct 2023, 10:35
Replies: 1,578
Views: 497,627
Posted By lucille

You’d be surprised how many in this industry...

You’d be surprised how many in this industry would do anything to sit in a shiny new jet. Offer them a -350 and they’d even take a pay cut.

Can’t say I blame them, 1000 PIC in a A-320 will give...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Oct 2023, 12:39
Replies: 44
Views: 8,872
Posted By lucille

For the life of me, I don’t get the obsession...

For the life of me, I don’t get the obsession with C206 time. I’d have thought genuine remote area experience in anything that defies gravity, especially in the areas your desired future employer...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Oct 2023, 11:56
Replies: 259
Views: 81,223
Posted By lucille

Surely you have to marvel at the range of...

Surely you have to marvel at the range of expertise displayed here. ADS data analysis, Cirrus flight controls and stability, CAPs, icing, stall / spin behaviour and now, advanced cardiology. All...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Oct 2023, 04:16
Replies: 1,578
Views: 497,627
Posted By lucille

If I were a Network pilot, I’d be polishing up my...

If I were a Network pilot, I’d be polishing up my resume and applying to the ME3 airlines. If you’re going to be treated like crap and overworked, you may as well get paid well for it.

Sure...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th Sep 2023, 12:13
Replies: 978
Views: 335,869
Posted By lucille

Should have had the guts to do it 12-18 months...

Should have had the guts to do it 12-18 months ago. This is just a cheap pile on now because there will be no consequences. Back then, Alan Joyce would have given them a right proper spanking.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Aug 2023, 12:14
Replies: 229
Views: 75,555
Posted By lucille

Joe Aston has certainly has pulled down the pants...

Joe Aston has certainly has pulled down the pants of greasy goblin with that article,
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