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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Jul 2015, 07:44
Replies: 225
Views: 93,904
Posted By Icarus53

Couldn't agree more Arcs

Unfortunately we've been put in a position where the only way that can happen is for SSA to vote the proposed agreement down (hard!) and push for a better deal alongside EAA.

Several posters in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jul 2015, 00:34
Replies: 225
Views: 93,904
Posted By Icarus53

The union or indeed any pilot can nominate anyone...

The union or indeed any pilot can nominate anyone to act as their bargaining representative - they don't need to be elected. In other unions/workplaces much of the negotiation can be carried out by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Sep 2012, 00:29
Replies: 2
Views: 3,191
Posted By Icarus53

Although I've long been derisive of HR/IR/etc....

Although I've long been derisive of HR/IR/etc. around here, it's the idea that these clowns actually consider themselves "leaders" that makes me scoff the hardest.

I could just about fill the MCG...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st May 2012, 08:59
Replies: 22
Views: 4,443
Posted By Icarus53

There's another element that I think is largely...

There's another element that I think is largely ignored in this often re-asked question.

Human beings (and perhaps especially pilots) have an incredibly strong tendency try to keep things...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2012, 07:04
Replies: 19
Views: 4,041
Posted By Icarus53

You don't really need an accident to demonstrate...

You don't really need an accident to demonstrate the Reason Model - the fact that an accident didn't occur in serious circumstances can also be linked to organisational, workplace, team and personal...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Feb 2012, 02:55
Replies: 40
Views: 10,704
Posted By Icarus53

For once it seems that the event has been given...

For once it seems that the event has been given proper attention - a short, fact based item without sensationalised passenger descriptions or half a page of "Qantas planes have recently ......." etc....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Dec 2011, 22:22
Replies: 100
Views: 25,344
Posted By Icarus53

My limited experience suggests that this type of...

My limited experience suggests that this type of approach extends well beyond the LCC businesses, and in fact well beyond aviation.

In my part of the industry (technically not LCC :sad:), I note a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Nov 2011, 09:46
Replies: 44
Views: 17,336
Posted By Icarus53

I for one have never understood why a regulator...

I for one have never understood why a regulator would issue a license to a pilot who has not demonstrated their capability in a particular operation.

Given that the only privilege an ATPL offers...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Mar 2011, 21:10
Replies: 62
Views: 14,522
Posted By Icarus53

It actually stated in the show that the FO came...

It actually stated in the show that the FO came into QF via the cadet program.:ooh:
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Feb 2011, 23:01
Replies: 10
Views: 2,036
Posted By Icarus53

Surely the rules for obtaining an ATPL should be...

Surely the rules for obtaining an ATPL should be based on a thorough risk assessment of how much and the types of experience necessary to make a pilot suitable to command an RPT flight? ALthough I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Jan 2011, 22:57
Replies: 35
Views: 3,866
Posted By Icarus53

You might have missed the headlines Dick, but the...

You might have missed the headlines Dick, but the ADF's been on combat ops for 12 of the last 15 years. I'm sure they'll get right onto domestic airspace reform (not sure exactly where that fits on...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Nov 2010, 11:33
Replies: 24
Views: 3,327
Posted By Icarus53

Given that the EAAPC is an AFAP sub-council (you...

Given that the EAAPC is an AFAP sub-council (you can try to separate the concepts all you like, but that's the way it exists), he would effectively be serving as an AFAP rep. I doubt very much...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Sep 2010, 10:21
Replies: 42
Views: 14,407
Posted By Icarus53

I always wondered this too - acknowledging that...

I always wondered this too - acknowledging that being issued a heading means not to compensate for wind, someone once told me "Runways don't have headings" [they have a QDM].

Based on that logic,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Sep 2010, 13:15
Replies: 199
Views: 37,241
Posted By Icarus53

Was present for this speech and can say that I've...

Was present for this speech and can say that I've never before seen a politician cover a special interest issue as comprehensively as this within a short timeframe. Perhaps there's hope for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Sep 2010, 22:56
Replies: 1,478
Views: 471,632
Posted By Icarus53

Three months left on it when you begin...

Three months left on it when you begin employment. The expectation would be that after you complete endorsement sims you would do your first cyclic sim which puts you on the cyclic program and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jul 2010, 00:10
Replies: 117
Views: 26,222
Posted By Icarus53

It may be well deployed. Shame we don't operate...

It may be well deployed. Shame we don't operate it as the designers intended!:ugh::{:{:{
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jun 2010, 04:09
Replies: 7
Views: 5,532
Posted By Icarus53

You also see "Conditional" minima used where...

You also see "Conditional" minima used where terrain clearance in the missed approach requires a higher than normal climb performance. In such a case, a DA/MDA for standard climb gradient is...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Jun 2010, 04:05
Replies: 32
Views: 6,760
Posted By Icarus53

Take it Outside Lads

Unless any of you want to assert that the differences (if any) between a FAF and FAP had some kind of effect on how the aircraft was or should have been operated in this incident, how about you take...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th May 2010, 07:18
Replies: 9
Views: 2,301
Posted By Icarus53

I was surprised to see that this requirement had...

I was surprised to see that this requirement had been removed too. I once pulled up a Captain who had thought that the requirement to check fuel within 4% was merely a company advisory (and was not...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th May 2010, 22:44
Replies: 8
Views: 3,988
Posted By Icarus53

To look at it from a common sense perspective -...

To look at it from a common sense perspective - would you commence an approach knowing that one of the navaids required for the approach was not tuned, identified and tested?

As I would personally...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd May 2010, 11:41
Replies: 30
Views: 4,329
Posted By Icarus53

Depending on exactly how the cyclic program is...

Depending on exactly how the cyclic program is administered, most involved issuing the CIR annually providing you are a successful participant in the program. My IR is automatically reissued and my...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Apr 2010, 02:51
Replies: 1,478
Views: 471,632
Posted By Icarus53

Don't think anyone other than the Department of...

Don't think anyone other than the Department of Immigration and Citizenship can offer a visa!

Although there were a couple last year, given the near complete reversal in the employment situation...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Apr 2010, 13:38
Replies: 10
Views: 4,535
Posted By Icarus53

Where does it say that you must be able to...

Where does it say that you must be able to maintain the runway in sight to complete a circling approach? I thought that a missed approach was only required if the visibility reduced below the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Mar 2010, 01:47
Replies: 4
Views: 941
Posted By Icarus53

Tell Wiskas to ask any of the nice chaps in front...

Tell Wiskas to ask any of the nice chaps in front of him with at least three bars on their shoulders. Or are SOs still seen and not heard?:}:}:p
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Mar 2010, 00:23
Replies: 9
Views: 1,543
Posted By Icarus53

I seem to recall a report from about a year ago...

I seem to recall a report from about a year ago which stated that Sydney airport made $50M profit from security services. In fact it was a 300% mark-up! (Cost to Sydney Airport to provide security...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Mar 2010, 03:41
Replies: 28
Views: 28,119
Posted By Icarus53

I always believed it stemmed from the concept of...

I always believed it stemmed from the concept of a "flight line", originally being military speak for where the aircraft were parked.

You were therefore a pilot "of the line" as opposed to one of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Feb 2010, 07:41
Replies: 17
Views: 17,790
Posted By Icarus53

It is logged as simulator time and does not go...

It is logged as simulator time and does not go towards Grand Total Flying Hours or Total Aeronautical Experience.

Having said that, up to 100 hours of simulator time (including up to 25 hours...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2010, 00:31
Replies: 9
Views: 2,246
Posted By Icarus53

Question - if a candidate is offered a job who...

Question - if a candidate is offered a job who already holds the appropriate type rating, what do/have Virgin and Jetstar require(d) the candidate to do to commence employment?

If someone turned...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Feb 2010, 06:29
Replies: 1,478
Views: 471,632
Posted By Icarus53

:ouch: Apparently I have just been served. ...

:ouch:

Apparently I have just been served.

The fact that I can't determine exactly what mp32 is on about or how the specifics of his post relate to me in any way does little to ease the sting....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Feb 2010, 23:38
Replies: 1,478
Views: 471,632
Posted By Icarus53

I suspect it has rather more to do with how hard...

I suspect it has rather more to do with how hard you've worked before.

Good guess Jarse, but I'm actually on Q400. As with all things, the bulk of work ebbs and flows with fleet and crew...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Jan 2010, 12:03
Replies: 1,478
Views: 471,632
Posted By Icarus53

With all due respect to Jarse, I think some of us...

With all due respect to Jarse, I think some of us pilots seem to lose perspective. I do a relatively high number of hours in the company, and I am lucky to pull around 110 hours duty in 28 days. ...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Jan 2010, 21:38
Replies: 49
Views: 10,281
Posted By Icarus53

Lowest in cancellations - check. OTP - close...

Lowest in cancellations - check.

OTP - close to the top (if you don't count QF, QL, VB). Maybe they should cancel more flights so that they can run on time with the rest!:}:E
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jan 2010, 10:20
Replies: 55
Views: 6,258
Posted By Icarus53

Trent - Nice work and appreciate the response. ...

Trent - Nice work and appreciate the response.

If we accept then that the crack troops of airport security are indeed inspecting our aerosols for DG purposes (and that they have been suitably...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jan 2010, 04:01
Replies: 55
Views: 6,258
Posted By Icarus53

Serious question - can anyone tell me why we now...

Serious question - can anyone tell me why we now have to present aerosols for inspection? This seemed to creep in at one particular port and now most seem to have followed suit. Aside from the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jan 2010, 09:54
Replies: 9
Views: 1,342
Posted By Icarus53

Once again someone had to prove that they have a...

Once again someone had to prove that they have a better job than the rest of us. Anyone one know if Virgin Galactic are taking applications?:{

Great post Mick.:ok:
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