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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Mar 2024, 12:53
Replies: 702
Views: 1,831,651
Posted By Geoff Fairless

It is regrettable that the same old arguments...

It is regrettable that the same old arguments about FS versus ATC seem to be still with us.

We replaced procedural FS with an ATC based FS nearly 30 years ago, because it made industrial sense,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Mar 2024, 07:10
Replies: 36
Views: 5,616
Posted By Geoff Fairless

I think London City was a good place to start. ...

I think London City was a good place to start.

No VFR circuit traffic, London (apparently the best in the world) approach/departures control, one runway, small PPR parking area.
High speed...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Mar 2024, 05:34
Replies: 36
Views: 5,616
Posted By Geoff Fairless

I'm retired so I probably do not have access to...

I'm retired so I probably do not have access to the required separation standards; however,

Camera images are not visual separation as defined by any manuals I have access to, the usefulness of a...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Feb 2024, 03:32
Replies: 3
Views: 1,023
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Well done, Tony, the Frying Kangaroo was first...

Well done, Tony, the Frying Kangaroo was first class!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Feb 2024, 22:57
Replies: 6
Views: 1,955
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Agreed PiperCameron - However the Class E...

Agreed PiperCameron - However the Class E procedure in the US is widespread, whereas West Sale is under an R Area (Dubiously legal IMO*) and Cambridge inside Class D CTR, so using non-towered in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Feb 2024, 00:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,955
Posted By Geoff Fairless

I hate this adoption of the term "non-towered"...

I hate this adoption of the term "non-towered" airports. In Australia, they are uncontrolled airports in Class G airspace.

The term non-towered is a US term that people have heard and assumed it...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Feb 2024, 00:14
Replies: 18
Views: 3,922
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Missy and others have got it all correct. I...

Missy and others have got it all correct.

I did safety cases for the proposed Qantas hanger and also for a new tower to be built east of the current one. The argument about re-equipping the TWR...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Nov 2023, 23:29
Replies: 1
Views: 905
Posted By Geoff Fairless

OFFICIAL Hi Geoff Thanks for you...

OFFICIAL

Hi Geoff

Thanks for you email. There was a lot of discussion about the points you have raised.

CASA did not make any decision about the usage of the term MOA unilaterally as...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Nov 2023, 00:11
Replies: 1
Views: 905
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Introduction of Danger Areas known as Military Operating Areas

Unfortunately, CASA has taken an FAA airspace designation and re-purposed it into a Restricted Area by any other name. Below is my response to the CASA consultation on AVSEF.

Attn - Eric Dallwitz...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Sep 2023, 07:20
Replies: 80
Views: 15,478
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Thanks Advance, much appreciated. I...

Thanks Advance, much appreciated.

I understand your views about control towers, but they exist because of the ICAO separation requirements that we are bound to through the Chicago Convention....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Sep 2023, 09:46
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

I have been waiting for the AIC that will solve...

I have been waiting for the AIC that will solve this long-running bureaucratic illegality, and now it has arrived in AIC H33/23. It is a prime example of the nonsense that Canberra Governments write...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Sep 2023, 01:16
Replies: 10
Views: 3,114
Posted By Geoff Fairless

ATSB states it was "Loss of separation...

ATSB states it was "Loss of separation assurance". That is not "Loss of separation" so not sure what your other sources are talking about.

Aiservices definition: "Loss of Separation Assurance...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Sep 2023, 06:30
Replies: 2,189
Views: 236,657
Posted By Geoff Fairless

When OAR decided, in 2015, that a CA/GRO was...

When OAR decided, in 2015, that a CA/GRO was sufficient (PS. There were no licensed ATCs in OAR) I was dispatched to make an assessment.
My recommendation was that, due to the regulations, a CA/GRO...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Sep 2023, 05:50
Replies: 2
Views: 1,132
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Vale Kevin Gale

I have just received the following from the ATCs website:

Vale Kevin Gale (KG)

Sadly, Kevin passed away Saturday evening, 16th September 2023 after a massive brain haemorrhage sustained on the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Sep 2023, 01:15
Replies: 80
Views: 15,478
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Checkboard - You are of course correct, and that...

Checkboard - You are of course correct, and that is how it works with Airservices.
It is, however, illegal in Australia to sack an employee because they're injured or sick for up to three months, if...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Sep 2023, 09:53
Replies: 80
Views: 15,478
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Hi TIEW - as you would remember from your FSO...

Hi TIEW - as you would remember from your FSO days, under CASRs you are not allowed to operate when sick, therefore unlimited sick leave must be a prerequisite of any organisation that operates under...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Sep 2023, 04:56
Replies: 69
Views: 13,187
Posted By Geoff Fairless

What a pity, Dick, I would have loved to have...

What a pity, Dick, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting!
Do you know who else was invited, or is that confidential too?
Ahh - GA, your taxpayer dollars at work!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Apr 2023, 07:25
Replies: 3
Views: 1,606
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Williamtown Airspace

I realise I have done this all before, but just to let you know, the "war in the air" continues.

Dear Flt Cdr,

Once again I am driven to write to the ADF concerning airspace changes that are...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Mar 2023, 04:04
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Lead, The AIC is also misleading. It...

Lead,

The AIC is also misleading.

It notes that ICAO does not allow countries to close international airspace, and reserve the airspace for the use of it's military, but it fails to note that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Feb 2023, 02:25
Replies: 35
Views: 5,085
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Clinton, Your post has some assumptions...

Clinton,

Your post has some assumptions within it.
1. You assume that whoever writes the stuff in one area of the CASRs has a working knowledge of the other CASRs;
2. That CASA would distribute...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Jan 2023, 00:16
Replies: 29
Views: 6,814
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Jetpig, I am a few years out of ATC by now, but...

Jetpig,
I am a few years out of ATC by now, but from what I can glean Aireon does not include a communication option; it seems to be ADS-B only.

The missing link may be real-time voice comms (any...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Nov 2022, 02:39
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Hi Eclan, Thank you for your "genuine...

Hi Eclan,

Thank you for your "genuine interest" in my campaign.
My airspace interest goes back over 30 years to when I first wrote some articles in Australia Aviation about how much better I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Nov 2022, 01:04
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Eclan weote - No, I'm not saying that, I'm saying...

Eclan weote - No, I'm not saying that, I'm saying what I said but will re-phrase it: this issue of yours is a storm in a teacup and there are better shortcomings of our system to highlight.

I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Nov 2022, 23:27
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Hi Eclan - Secrecy is the weapon most used by...

Hi Eclan - Secrecy is the weapon most used by bureaucrats to hide their activity, but first a quote from the current Australian Government Directory:
"The Department of Defence is constituted under...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Nov 2022, 01:02
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Thanks for the support LB, I think you have said...

Thanks for the support LB, I think you have said it all.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Nov 2022, 03:14
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

[QUOTE=spoony;11330040]Geoff, based on your...

[QUOTE=spoony;11330040]Geoff, based on your previous thread creations, anybody would think you have a vendetta against our military and national interests. It shouldn't require much explanation,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Nov 2022, 08:24
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

In my view the point is this: The relevant...

In my view the point is this:

The relevant text from the Policy Statement (not widely distributed) is in the first paragraph:

Australia has a long-standing practice of declaring predominantly...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Nov 2022, 10:54
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Thanks LB, I have read the Geoscience stuff, and...

Thanks LB, I have read the Geoscience stuff, and you are correct, everyone quotes the EEZ these days without knowing what it is!
Also correct MickG0105; regrettably CASA OAR thought they had for...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Nov 2022, 05:31
Replies: 52
Views: 9,529
Posted By Geoff Fairless

R Areas - Shoalwater Bay

Dear Sqn.Ldr XXXXX,

I refer to the Airspace Regulations 2007, the AIR SERVICES ACT 1995 - SECT 3(1) and the Australian Law Reform Commission in regard to External Territories.

Airspace...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Jul 2022, 02:08
Replies: 10
Views: 3,254
Posted By Geoff Fairless

The picture is so DCA! They all look the same....

The picture is so DCA! They all look the same. The training school on the ML Airservices site has a whole corridor full of them!

Never was an FSO, but recognise Dave Guerin and Dave Burrage. The...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Jun 2022, 04:23
Replies: 31
Views: 5,134
Posted By Geoff Fairless

When I worked there, the manager OAR was acting...

When I worked there, the manager OAR was acting and had been kept that way for years. I assumed this was to remind him of his place, because OAR actually has a different set of regulations, The...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jun 2022, 05:21
Replies: 31
Views: 5,134
Posted By Geoff Fairless

To carry on from the thread I started, "CASA and...

To carry on from the thread I started, "CASA and Government mates, invent a new airspace classification!" This review is a breath of fresh air!

It is recommending what I recommended to CASA about...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jun 2022, 04:55
Replies: 47
Views: 8,129
Posted By Geoff Fairless

I'm pleased to be able to bring this thread to a...

I'm pleased to be able to bring this thread to a close now that CASA has released a review of Ballina airspace.

It recommends pretty much everything for which I, and others, have been fighting.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jun 2022, 02:08
Replies: 47
Views: 8,129
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Hi tossbag, You are correct, no individual ATC...

Hi tossbag,
You are correct, no individual ATC would "say" such a thing and, if you remember, ATCs had to be strictly forbidden from continuing to try and separate once a TCAS manoeuvre had...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jun 2022, 01:55
Replies: 47
Views: 8,129
Posted By Geoff Fairless

Hi Clinton, Both incidents were pre- "alphabet...

Hi Clinton,
Both incidents were pre- "alphabet airspace", however let me explain......
The US then, as now, can be thought of as a big bowl of Class E (then it was called Controlled airspace - VFR...
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