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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Aug 2019, 00:02
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

I don't think BAT has a chip on the shoulder, as...

I don't think BAT has a chip on the shoulder, as far as misinformation goes if you look back at their posts it all seems quite factual. I can help with the request to share information.
Cobham is...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2019, 21:57
Replies: 36
Views: 17,693
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Good

Time for a shake up, this evil empire will be dismantled. Some individuals should be rightly crapping themselves as they move into an unknown future.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th Sep 2018, 01:34
Replies: 78
Views: 29,017
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Contractual obligations

Woah, whats going on, the Border force contract has minimum requirements of experience and IRT renewals, no way a cadet would qualify to fly on these sorties unless Cobham extort the Government to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd May 2018, 05:02
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Here we are

We have all moved on, happy days.
Hows that SAR contract working out Cobham. Not so good I hear, costing an actual fortune in LDs, wont make a profit this decade. And still contractually non...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jun 2017, 11:40
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Hey Dashunder

Essendon not online nor is the the 4th aircraft available crew solution is seriously lacking. Yes I've moved on but the principle remains.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st May 2017, 06:23
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

The new standard of special mission ops in Australia

Well here we are, 9 months into the contract and a capability that is measured somewhere in the vicinity of less than 50 % contractually compliant. And this is now accepted as the new standard. The...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2017, 00:34
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

What successful drop

RSCU 660 dropped at lease 4 items to that yacht, nothing was retrieved, there were also 3 black Hawks and 1 c130 on task, such was the confidence in the jet doing something useful.
As for comments...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Mar 2017, 09:08
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

https://youtu.be/UrSHr_qOk4Y This is how it...

https://youtu.be/UrSHr_qOk4Y

This is how it was done. A proud company and team, finished very strong and with dignity.

Awesome
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2017, 04:31
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

It appears that no-one really cares anymore, this...

It appears that no-one really cares anymore, this story is so bad you could not have scripted it, although it was certainly predicted.
No SAR aircraft in Perth for over 6 months now, nothing in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2017, 04:56
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

I recall some newbie expert stating that this was...

I recall some newbie expert stating that this was impossible on this forum a few months ago. What now, the crews are unhappy with a toxic environment prevailing. The service is going to be on a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Dec 2016, 05:14
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Farce

The press say Cobham created 30 new jobs, they didn't mention Cobham they ditched 30 experienced operators. Now everyone will be high fixing that there is an airframe in Cairns, they forget that it's...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2016, 08:40
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gsTw9eSIQ6w

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gsTw9eSIQ6w
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Dec 2016, 23:52
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Whats was that?

Something broke on the take off roll. Abort. Get used to it
Its like an old holden
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Dec 2016, 09:04
Replies: 6
Views: 6,094
Posted By FMTAfterburn

SAR, in australia

Perth was due to start in August, they will not have an aircraft to replace the Dornier til 2017, sometime.
Of the aircraft in country one has been fitted with some sensors and did indeed do an AOC...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Dec 2016, 22:46
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

When is late - too late, almost 4 months and no...

When is late - too late, almost 4 months and no SAR aircraft in Perth. Nearly two months late for Cairns, by all accounts an incomplete and barely tasks capable aircraft will be there next week,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Nov 2016, 08:03
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

What does it take to acknowledge that the...

What does it take to acknowledge that the contract has not been honoured. 3 months overdue and nothing. Do we wait for 4,5 or 6 months before someone calls it.
Unprecedented cock up
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Oct 2016, 22:31
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

The cairns base is officially closed and it's...

The cairns base is officially closed and it's aircraft is being marketed. Due to the frequency of SARs in FNQ and Torres straits the Brisbane aircraft is on an extended deployment until a jet turns...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Oct 2016, 02:31
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Re post 100, and for all you aviators, let me put...

Re post 100, and for all you aviators, let me put this in perspective, whether you fly a 172 or a 737, if you ditch, or have a forced landing, or of you activate an Elt for any reason up until...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Oct 2016, 00:34
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

No Sar jets

This is a joke,
The Aerorescue cairns base has now closed.
There is no longer SAR coverage in WA or FNQ, there are NO jets, let alone something that can drop. Clearly Cobham are in breach of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Oct 2016, 12:31
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Cobham Cairns SAR base starts contract at midnight

http://https://www.google.com.au/search?q=sar+drone&client=tablet-android-sonymobile&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz7-jx2s3PAhXLFZQKHfkwC2AQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=800#tbm=isch&q=searc...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Oct 2016, 22:50
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Eclan, if you contracted a builder to build a...

Eclan, if you contracted a builder to build a house for a certain price so you can move in on a certain day and it wasn't ready would you feel ripped off? How about if you find that the contractor...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Sep 2016, 04:46
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Trevor if you are flying that machine on SAR at...

Trevor if you are flying that machine on SAR at 140 kts you are incredibly light and approaching the crash site (yours). The 604 variants may come with or without slats, you would have been better...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Sep 2016, 04:54
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

You Cobham guys wanna update this page ...

You Cobham guys wanna update this page

http://www.cobhamaviationservices.com/careers/roles/amsa-roles
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Sep 2016, 23:59
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

No media Coverage? must be a political exercise,...

No media Coverage? must be a political exercise, there is no way such an expensive and time critical contract would be allowed to run so far out of control.
Let's recap, as predicted,
Perth late...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Sep 2016, 04:04
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Well said, right on the money, why are people so...

Well said, right on the money, why are people so willing to accept this as inevitable.Its ok to make a mistake (selection of aircraft), but to push on regardless and not change the trajectory while...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Aug 2016, 10:13
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Yep, pretty much full bottle on the contract,...

Yep, pretty much full bottle on the contract, don't know what fairy tale your reading. As far as stores go, the RFT (that's request for tender) stated specifically that the selected aircraft will be...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Aug 2016, 21:29
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Fact. contractually it was required to be task...

Fact. contractually it was required to be task capable on the start date. Now we are being told cairns aircraft will be a month late. That means even more gaps in the SAR plan. Cobham gonna pretty...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2016, 22:45
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Badengo,your new to this aren't you? Why would...

Badengo,your new to this aren't you? Why would anyone contract an aircraft for training only? A contract means you start providing an agreed service at an agreed time.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2016, 06:46
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Furthermore, if you added up all the unscheduled...

Furthermore, if you added up all the unscheduled downtime for 4 Dorniers in the last 12 months you won't get 6 weeks, which is at least the amount of time the first jet will be unavailable, brilliant...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2016, 06:24
Replies: 205
Views: 153,904
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Positive change is good, But wake up, you call...

Positive change is good, But wake up, you call the Dornier a **** box? This challenger aeroplane was supposed to be online weeks ago, and still a month to go,so how does that huge backing work? The...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Aug 2016, 21:37
Replies: 167
Views: 130,506
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Ultimately there will be concessions made and...

Ultimately there will be concessions made and procedures developed to throw something out with a reasonable level of safety, however this will mean the current array of AMSA stores will be cut back....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Aug 2016, 03:05
Replies: 167
Views: 130,506
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Sar jet unavailable for tasking, and I hear that...

Sar jet unavailable for tasking, and I hear that the Dornier leaves Perth tomorrow. Does anyone else have a problem with this?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Jul 2016, 22:48
Replies: 167
Views: 130,506
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Service delivery

Well one week to go before the unique SAR jet contract starts in Perth.
I will be curious to see how Amsa are going to mitigate the lack of capability to the seafaring and outback public when this...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Jun 2016, 22:13
Replies: 167
Views: 130,506
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Not trying to prove anything. But I am saying the...

Not trying to prove anything. But I am saying the full service will not be ready on time, or budget, and the aircraft type is a backward step.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Jun 2016, 11:57
Replies: 167
Views: 130,506
Posted By FMTAfterburn

Cobham contract says it will drop all the...

Cobham contract says it will drop all the standard items as tested and approved by AMSA, this is another variation away from that contract. Other items will not be droppable also. Cobham just...
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