pilot was named in yesterdays Auckland Herald !

Pilot was named on here before the hearld....maybe tad unfair.

Also Turkey32 what are these safety issues/concerns you are talking about?
The gu who conducts the checks on the line pilots there wouldn't let a cowboy through the system.

Hughesy, what people do in there line check rides can be quite different from the way they conduct there day to day flying. You see it all over the world, guys do all the right things for the flight examiner then promptly drop him off and tear off like an idiot. This happens a lot.

RCJ, Telling the CAA about certain concerns you may have or making an incident report, in my experience with them is a waste of a postage stamp.

Haast Crash
 

Hughesy -In all fairness, I will not elaborate the other safety concerns on this guy on here. As for the flight testing officer, it has absolutelty nothing to do with it. Any examiner can conduct a flight competency check on a pilot but that does not neccessarily mean that he/she is flying safely when they are not around. That is worldwide. No doubt you have experienced this yourself by now. Its the examiners responsibility to examine the recipent to the standards on that day.

Get all nervous when being checked out like me and fly like crap!! Then they look at you sideways :}

Go Downwind Dave:D:ugh:

lowlevelhellGo Downwind Dave:D:ugh:
beautifull!!!!:ok::D

I have been to the accident site, and there is only one way in and out.
So in place like that then sometimes the only way in and out would be downwind. Now before I get my head bitten off obviously landing/departing into wind is ideal, but it is not always possible. With planning and a careful downwind approach eg flat approach with minimal ROD, bringing power in early and having airspeed/groundspeed under control (decision points on which to go around) then it very easy to achieve a safe approach under these conditions. Not everyone fly's from A-B with a nice airport to approach too.
How about we let the investigators figure out what happened before more stones are thrown i.e glasshouse's.

Flying approaches/ takeoffs with the wind up your butt...joys of commercial flying