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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th May 2023, 00:05
Replies: 506
Views: 151,221
Posted By Piston_Broke

Ah, the good old days when the F27 ex Melbourne...

Ah, the good old days when the F27 ex Melbourne used to overnight at Mildura, and a flight attendant would bring a few of the unused hot meals over to the FSU.

The meals were pretty good in those...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Sep 2022, 23:23
Replies: 3,007
Views: 1,316,984
Posted By Piston_Broke

Attach an executive summary at the front - no...

Attach an executive summary at the front - no more than an A4 page including dot points.

Your journalist will be well experienced in wording it in such a way to motivate further reading i.e. pull...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Sep 2022, 00:28
Replies: 3,007
Views: 1,316,984
Posted By Piston_Broke

Commenting late re this thread. Just curious...

Commenting late re this thread.

Just curious - who do you intend sending this 19 part document to?

Having once been on the receiving end of outside corro as the first point of internal...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Sep 2021, 02:06
Replies: 134
Views: 23,823
Posted By Piston_Broke

Bring back the CA/GRS - if they haven't already...

Bring back the CA/GRS - if they haven't already packed up and left.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Aug 2021, 04:20
Replies: 23
Views: 5,379
Posted By Piston_Broke

Your first post with your submission doesn't...

Your first post with your submission doesn't strike me as polite conversation.

Barbs and insults directed at the local RAAF SATC who clearly has been directed to submit the airspace change...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jul 2021, 03:17
Replies: 23
Views: 5,379
Posted By Piston_Broke

The submission reads like it was written by RHS...

The submission reads like it was written by RHS .....

Hmm :hmm:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Mar 2021, 22:42
Replies: 77
Views: 19,435
Posted By Piston_Broke

Perhaps my memory is failing and I haven't been...

Perhaps my memory is failing and I haven't been to the event for many years, but I seem to recall this issue arose back then and a ban of some sort put on re camping at aircraft due to some idiots...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Feb 2021, 05:05
Replies: 16
Views: 4,626
Posted By Piston_Broke

So his farm strip has runway lights or a flare...

So his farm strip has runway lights or a flare path?

POLAIR will probably be up and about, as they usually are.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th May 2020, 09:08
Replies: 4
Views: 1,794
Posted By Piston_Broke

Couple of SUPs depicting the changes, also a...

Couple of SUPs depicting the changes, also a national summary one:

BRISBANE AIRPORT (YBBN) NEW PARALLEL RUNWAY AIRSPACE AND OPERATIONS...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Mar 2020, 21:47
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

BNA isn't a UNICOM - its a CAGRS, and they are...

BNA isn't a UNICOM - its a CAGRS, and they are all ex-ATCs .....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Mar 2020, 05:40
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

I'm not sure it would have. A UNICOM would...

I'm not sure it would have.

A UNICOM would not know about the inbound aircraft until it called, and when that happened hopefully the operator would have stepped back and let the two aircraft talk...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Mar 2020, 04:04
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

It does, and has had since they were introduced. ...

It does, and has had since they were introduced.

These APP people - the world doesn't exist outside 30NM :)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 01:54
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

AV TWR and APP both know where LPD is, and both...

AV TWR and APP both know where LPD is, and both have the ML VTC displayed.

AV TWR also has a TSAD. The fact that suggests someone's transponder wasn't working or there was some other issue.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Mar 2020, 23:07
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

Clearly you haven't had a listen to 135.7 of...

Clearly you haven't had a listen to 135.7 of recent times (AV APP 133.55 is often combined with 135.7).

Quite a lot of IFR training ex MB & EN combined with AWK against and inside the CTR...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Feb 2020, 03:54
Replies: 702
Views: 1,833,078
Posted By Piston_Broke

I'm confused - is this Hoosten of Houston or The...

I'm confused - is this Hoosten of Houston or The name is Porter of Santa Barbara by another name (forget the rest by Shakespeare) ...

They write the same -
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Feb 2020, 02:52
Replies: 70
Views: 25,074
Posted By Piston_Broke

I recall being told at an industry meeting by...

I recall being told at an industry meeting by Airservices quite some time ago that towards the end when the flight service units and briefing offices at GA airports had closed that flight service was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Nov 2019, 23:08
Replies: 331
Views: 114,992
Posted By Piston_Broke

Who is "everyone"?

Who is "everyone"?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Nov 2019, 22:43
Replies: 331
Views: 114,992
Posted By Piston_Broke

No-one forced the PIC to do anything ... ...

No-one forced the PIC to do anything ...



Private flights are lowest priority behind other classes.

It's in AIP somewhere.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2019, 02:41
Replies: 331
Views: 114,992
Posted By Piston_Broke

Don't take Sunfish's view as representative of...

Don't take Sunfish's view as representative of the real situation.

Last he stated he's had no interaction with CASA at all, and probably only very limited time even communicating with ATC, let...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Oct 2019, 05:13
Replies: 91
Views: 20,378
Posted By Piston_Broke

4. Take a break from PPRuNe, and go and sniff the...

4. Take a break from PPRuNe, and go and sniff the roses.[/left]
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Oct 2019, 23:09
Replies: 91
Views: 20,378
Posted By Piston_Broke

Mr. Doom and Gloom strikes again. If he won...

Mr. Doom and Gloom strikes again.

If he won the lottery he'd wring his hands and complain about something .... and blame CASA, ASA, ATSB, RAAF .....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Sep 2019, 07:01
Replies: 64
Views: 17,119
Posted By Piston_Broke

More likely: cheap airfares increase in...

More likely:

cheap airfares
increase in cost of housing, utilities, schools etc. and other drains on disposable income
improved road networks
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Sep 2019, 06:24
Replies: 64
Views: 17,119
Posted By Piston_Broke

There you go - a 100% increase in local traffic...

There you go - a 100% increase in local traffic :ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Sep 2019, 05:07
Replies: 64
Views: 17,119
Posted By Piston_Broke

Please direct us to the site(s) where the stats...

Please direct us to the site(s) where the stats show "most airfields" have no activity.

Within about 100km radius of here - rural area - there are a number of aerodromes, most of which have...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Sep 2019, 02:53
Replies: 64
Views: 17,119
Posted By Piston_Broke

Yes, and the Australian forums here used to be...

Yes, and the Australian forums here used to be called D&G Dunnunda and Godzone.

For a number of years now the GA forum thanks to some could be called the Doom & Gloom network.

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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Sep 2019, 05:27
Replies: 3,007
Views: 1,316,984
Posted By Piston_Broke

This. I'm not sure posting the content of...

This.

I'm not sure posting the content of letters and actions taken here is wise, or helpful to the cause - except perhaps to the wrong parties.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Sep 2019, 08:54
Replies: 146
Views: 60,992
Posted By Piston_Broke

Some of us are talking about Class E airspace...

Some of us are talking about Class E airspace anywhere.

Class E airspace without ATC surveillance for the provision of traffic information and separation is problematic.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Sep 2019, 07:04
Replies: 146
Views: 60,992
Posted By Piston_Broke

Far more extensive radar surveillance for ATC.

Far more extensive radar surveillance for ATC.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Sep 2019, 04:59
Replies: 242
Views: 111,654
Posted By Piston_Broke

The aircraft was a helicopter .... why would it...

The aircraft was a helicopter .... why would it have flown a holding pattern at all, instead of just hovering at the clearance limit point?

Just sayin' :hmm:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th May 2019, 06:51
Replies: 101
Views: 24,222
Posted By Piston_Broke

For any changes to be effective on 7 November...

For any changes to be effective on 7 November 2019, the cut-off date is early June.

Which doesn't leave much time for consultation, particularly since most of the RAPACs have already had their...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Mar 2019, 08:05
Replies: 80
Views: 27,100
Posted By Piston_Broke

More likely, as I said: As well as those who...

More likely, as I said:

As well as those who don't care.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2019, 23:23
Replies: 80
Views: 27,100
Posted By Piston_Broke

Again, the state of the regulations aside: ...

Again, the state of the regulations aside:

You clearly won't get anywhere near 30,000 responses because only a small percentage of pilots and other licensed parties would be PPRuNe members.

As...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2019, 09:17
Replies: 80
Views: 27,100
Posted By Piston_Broke

State of the regs aside, how can you take 100...

State of the regs aside, how can you take 100 responses simply from PPRuNe members to be representative of the 30,000+ (?) licensed pilots in Australia???
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2019, 21:34
Replies: 27
Views: 5,222
Posted By Piston_Broke

Assuming you mean the total staff of the Civil...

Assuming you mean the total staff of the Civil Aviation Authority, no there was never anything like 3000 FSOs.

The Flight Service national placement exercise in 1990 listed 618 total.

They were...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Feb 2019, 23:18
Replies: 9
Views: 2,657
Posted By Piston_Broke

The initial testing process is there for a reason...

The initial testing process is there for a reason i.e. to select those who demonstrate the skills and aptitude to get through the course and rating training, and filter out those that don't. I think...
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