Pilot fined for inadequate flight records
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Pilot fined $5,000 for inadequate flight records
A Commonwealth prosecutor told the Darwin Magistrates court today helicopter pilots in remote Western Australia, northern Queensland and the Northern Territory were becoming complacent and not recording flight and maintenance details as required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
The prosecutor, Paul Usher, urged magistrate Greg Cavanagh to send a warning to pilots who were becoming complacent.
Mr Usher said the blatant disregard of documenting flight and maintenance records was becoming prevalent and difficult to detect.
Mr Cavanagh convicted 38-year-old Garron Andrew Hartley of failing to record the flight and maintenance data on eight occasions in the Northern Territory last year.
Mr Cavanagh agreed there was a need to send out a strong message to pilots who were putting their own safety and the public's at risk.
Hartley was fined $5,000.
Last year the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his pilots license and air company operation permit.
Pilot fined $5,000 for inadequate flight records
A Commonwealth prosecutor told the Darwin Magistrates court today helicopter pilots in remote Western Australia, northern Queensland and the Northern Territory were becoming complacent and not recording flight and maintenance details as required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
The prosecutor, Paul Usher, urged magistrate Greg Cavanagh to send a warning to pilots who were becoming complacent.
Mr Usher said the blatant disregard of documenting flight and maintenance records was becoming prevalent and difficult to detect.
Mr Cavanagh convicted 38-year-old Garron Andrew Hartley of failing to record the flight and maintenance data on eight occasions in the Northern Territory last year.
Mr Cavanagh agreed there was a need to send out a strong message to pilots who were putting their own safety and the public's at risk.
Hartley was fined $5,000.
Last year the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his pilots license and air company operation permit.
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Good News.
I hope this individuals name is forever remembered, however he is just an example of many who follow him.
It is this type of event that has cost two of my colleagues their lives.
Lets hope CASA now follows through and wipes a heap of these undesirables from the pilot register.
It’s a great start.
It is this type of event that has cost two of my colleagues their lives.
Lets hope CASA now follows through and wipes a heap of these undesirables from the pilot register.
It’s a great start.
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Pilot fined $5,000 for inadequate flight records
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Pilot fined $5,000 for inadequate flight records
A Commonwealth prosecutor told the Darwin Magistrates court today helicopter pilots in remote Western Australia, northern Queensland and the Northern Territory were becoming complacent and not recording flight and maintenance details as required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
The prosecutor, Paul Usher, urged magistrate Greg Cavanagh to send a warning to pilots who were becoming complacent.
Mr Usher said the blatant disregard of documenting flight and maintenance records was becoming prevalent and difficult to detect.
Mr Cavanagh convicted 38-year-old Garron Andrew Hartley of failing to record the flight and maintenance data on eight occasions in the Northern Territory last year.
Mr Cavanagh agreed there was a need to send out a strong message to pilots who were putting their own safety and the public's at risk.
Hartley was fined $5,000.
Last year the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his pilots license and air company operation permit.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1240385.htm
Pilot fined $5,000 for inadequate flight records
A Commonwealth prosecutor told the Darwin Magistrates court today helicopter pilots in remote Western Australia, northern Queensland and the Northern Territory were becoming complacent and not recording flight and maintenance details as required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
The prosecutor, Paul Usher, urged magistrate Greg Cavanagh to send a warning to pilots who were becoming complacent.
Mr Usher said the blatant disregard of documenting flight and maintenance records was becoming prevalent and difficult to detect.
Mr Cavanagh convicted 38-year-old Garron Andrew Hartley of failing to record the flight and maintenance data on eight occasions in the Northern Territory last year.
Mr Cavanagh agreed there was a need to send out a strong message to pilots who were putting their own safety and the public's at risk.
Hartley was fined $5,000.
Last year the Civil Aviation Safety Authority revoked his pilots license and air company operation permit.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1240385.htm
