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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Jun 2020, 03:16
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Errrrm. Just errrmmm.

Errrrm. Just errrmmm.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jun 2020, 10:20
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

There is a common misconception that the Minister...

There is a common misconception that the Minister is the boss of the heads of independent statutory agencies like CASA and Airservices. One needs merely to read the legislation that establishes them...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jun 2020, 00:29
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

No it did not. At no point was any ‘raw’...

No it did not. At no point was any ‘raw’ recording ever published.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jun 2020, 09:25
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

No we won’t. We’ll get the ATSB’s interpretation...

No we won’t. We’ll get the ATSB’s interpretation of the information.

We went through this with the ‘investigation’ of the ditching of NGA. The supposed ‘transcripts’ of transmissions contained...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jun 2020, 03:39
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

How is G any more ‘effective’ than controlled...

How is G any more ‘effective’ than controlled airspace in solving the problem of needing to listen for potentially-relevant information on multiple frequencies in a single radio aircraft?

I can’t...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st May 2020, 10:30
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

What law says the OAR must comply with...

What law says the OAR must comply with ‘Ministerial Directions’, and where is the Ministerial Direction that says the OAR must implement international best practice in airspace management?

It...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th May 2020, 06:35
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

From the Airspace Act...

From the Airspace Act https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00178[color=#454545]:Summary: Just make **** up.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th May 2020, 09:48
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

It’s frustrating when a valid point is lost in...

It’s frustrating when a valid point is lost in tabloid twaddle.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2020, 10:04
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Yep, they were advised way too late. But...

Yep, they were advised way too late.

But we’ll now have to sit through a few years of the unedifying and expensive pantomime of the conflicted ATSB coming up with a report as to why the tragedy...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2020, 21:57
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Spoken like a true Austronaut!

Spoken like a true Austronaut!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2020, 06:15
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Gosh, aviation in the USA must be more than 4...

Gosh, aviation in the USA must be more than 4 times as dangerous as aviation in Australia. Or is it more than 12 times more dangerous?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Mar 2020, 08:59
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Do you have a dog called “Toto” and a feeling...

Do you have a dog called “Toto” and a feeling you’re not in Kansas anymore, Mr Approach? If not, please activate your beacon so we can find and save you.

The technical/operational stuff you post...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Mar 2020, 23:21
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Airservices has “directors”? I know it has a...

Airservices has “directors”? I know it has a CEO and a bunch of General Managers. Haven’t heard about directors. Maybe just a difference in terminology rather than substance.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Mar 2020, 22:15
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

CASA and Airservices and ATSB can be fixed....

CASA and Airservices and ATSB can be fixed. Problem is: It requires political wisdom and what my dearly-departed granny used to call “gumption” to do it.

(I was told the other day that a manager...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Mar 2020, 09:26
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

So TIER.... Having articulated one of the...

So TIER....

Having articulated one of the structural problems, at least more people are likely to know what that problem is. The problem is actually curable. It just needs more people to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Mar 2020, 04:03
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

My apologies for the thread drift, but that right...

My apologies for the thread drift, but that right there is funny![/color]
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Mar 2020, 06:57
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Ahhh Cap'n, there you go mistaking administrative...

Ahhh Cap'n, there you go mistaking administrative decision-makers for members of the military. The "lads in the OAR" who designate airspace are delegates of the power to do so, and are supposed to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Mar 2020, 06:04
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

The 346 folks killed in the MAX's were killed by...

The 346 folks killed in the MAX's were killed by a corner-cutting aircraft manufacturer and the failure of the regulator to detect the corner-cutting. I'm not sure what that has to do with the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 23:55
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

[/color] But surely a regulator with any...

[/color]
But surely a regulator with any integrity wouldn’t designate airspace just to shut one person up? Surely.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 21:49
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

I thought you were Lead Balloon. In any...

I thought you were Lead Balloon. In any event...Yet...

That’s precisely what happens every day in Australian G. HCRPT in and out of aerodromes with no tower, while yakking on the CTAF and seeing...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 04:35
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

I put it to you that the problem is that the...

I put it to you that the problem is that the Australian ‘system’ is culturally incapable of accepting that Class E airspace exists for a reason and works. The people you describe as “fundamentalists”...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 03:15
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Sunfish: Did you have a serviceable transponder...

Sunfish: Did you have a serviceable transponder or not?

George Glass: You realise that it’s just a roll of the dice in e.g. Class C, too? It’s just that the dice in Class C (should) have...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Mar 2020, 00:45
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

If it weren’t Australia, I’d say: Astonishing. ...

If it weren’t Australia, I’d say: Astonishing.

But as it’s Australia...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 23:29
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

It would be interesting to calculate: (1)...

It would be interesting to calculate:

(1) the volume of the chunks of E between the 8nm ARP and 12nm DME arcs to the north and south of Avalon, and

(2) the cost of the resources diverted to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 10:20
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Just for ****s and giggles, why don’t you write...

Just for ****s and giggles, why don’t you write to OAR in CASA and ask?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 03:29
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

But evidently Airservices, or at least the...

But evidently Airservices, or at least the Airservices staff that work the airspace, didn’t get or read that memo.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 01:20
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Hmmmm. Someone in Airservices must have missed...

Hmmmm. Someone in Airservices must have missed the memo...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 00:41
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

That may have been back in the day when there was...

That may have been back in the day when there was a requirement (or maybe a ‘recommendation’) in ERSA to make contact before entering the Avalon E?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 00:07
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Is it really “activated” by NOTAM?[/color] ...

Is it really “activated” by NOTAM?[/color]

ERSA says R330A is “TUE,THU,SUN 0315-0345 (tel:0315-0345) (1HR EARLIER HDS) or as amended by NOTAM“.

Looks to me like there’s a “default” period which...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2020, 00:00
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

There you go, Andrew. The Cap’n has solved your...

There you go, Andrew. The Cap’n has solved your problem.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2020, 23:51
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Re ‘continuous 2-way comms’ for VFR in E, I spend...

Re ‘continuous 2-way comms’ for VFR in E, I spend quite a bit of time VFR in E and have yet to be ‘chipped’ by Centre for not establishing comms before entry. However, I’ve ‘piped up’ when...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2020, 11:17
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Gawd, Andrew. This has been done to death many...

Gawd, Andrew. This has been done to death many times.

VFR aircraft entering Class E do not have to contact Centre. VFR entering and operating in Class E must be able to communicate on the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2020, 00:36
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

The Cap’n considers that E is designated in lieu...

The Cap’n considers that E is designated in lieu of what should be D or C, and thus E is for the benefit of VFR aircraft alone because VFR aircraft do not need a clearance to operate in E. He’s...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Mar 2020, 10:46
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

C’mon, Mr A: The move of OAR into CASA has...

C’mon, Mr A: The move of OAR into CASA has resulted in airspace designation being on the basis of frank and fearless independent analysis!

What fascinates (and depresses) me most is that the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Mar 2020, 08:38
Replies: 702
Views: 1,832,321
Posted By Lead Balloon

Remind me again who’s in charge of airspace...

Remind me again who’s in charge of airspace designation?

Airspace designation is either on the basis of objective risk or it isn’t.
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