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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Mar 2020, 14:11
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

When the scale of illegal public transport is so...

When the scale of illegal public transport is so well known and often very visible I find it disappointing in the extreme that the CAA's lists of (a mere handful of) prosecutions are almost...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Oct 2019, 10:01
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

I'm afraid it comes under the "all too difficult"...

I'm afraid it comes under the "all too difficult" heading at the CAA. I expect they have a pretty good idea who is doing this but realistically it is very hard to obtain sufficient proof to get a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Aug 2019, 11:36
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Unfortunately the CAA is a rubber-toothed poodle...

Unfortunately the CAA is a rubber-toothed poodle when it comes to investigating, let alone prosecuting illegal ops, even when the prepetrators are AOC operators who already have Flight Ops...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Aug 2019, 10:37
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

A forty year old aircraft that FAA records...

A forty year old aircraft that FAA records apparently show has had no previous owners before the present shady one?
Despite being an aircraft that is alleged to have changed hands four times in one...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Apr 2019, 23:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Bear in mind that no one but a person with ...

Bear in mind that no one but a person with dishonest/criminal mind could ever say that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Apr 2019, 16:01
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

That's quite an assumption. We should not dismiss...

That's quite an assumption. We should not dismiss other possibilities that are open to conjecture until facts are known.
In this grubby business nothing would surprise me.
Why has Henderson...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Apr 2019, 15:44
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Thus ferry pilots are likely to be more accepting...

Thus ferry pilots are likely to be more accepting of higher risks than most other parts of the piloting community.
QED

Where GBS's good sense runs out is assuming one can transfer this level of...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Apr 2019, 15:36
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

While not wishing to cast any aspersions on...

While not wishing to cast any aspersions on Henderson I think your confidence in experienced ferry pilots may be somewhat misplaced.
Ferrying, especially in singles, is a pretty high-risk business...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Apr 2019, 22:22
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

I don't think we are, but you appear to be...

I don't think we are, but you appear to be forgetting that the case we're discussing involves the N register. In which case the requirement is not only for strict equal sahres but no valuable...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2019, 11:08
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

I think in UK you'd need a court order to inspect...

I think in UK you'd need a court order to inspect someone's bank account. The CAA can't just march in and demand them.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Mar 2019, 13:07
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Not so. No common purpose and no evidence of...

Not so.

No common purpose and no evidence of equal shares being paid.
No night rating.
No Instrument rating.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 21:43
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

The bottom line of all this is that despite all...

The bottom line of all this is that despite all the denial merchant/naysayers' rather ludicrous and pathetic attempts to excuse this as being about misunderstandings and misapprehensions of the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 13:10
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

But withe a night rating you are still required...

But withe a night rating you are still required to have visual reference with the ground. If there are no lights (ie over the sea) and no horizon or sky references then you can be definition only be...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 11:41
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

If I had been invited to take a passenger seat on...

If I had been invited to take a passenger seat on that journey I'd have declined on four seperate reasons.

1) I don't fly at my employer's behest except on a (minimum) twin turbine aircraft.
2) I...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Feb 2019, 12:33
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

True enough by the sound of it. This article also...

True enough by the sound of it. This article also describes timings of contractural details etc.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cardiff-city-error-could-cost-emiliano-sala-family-600k-7x80wflkg
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Feb 2019, 11:29
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Art, what you've described is the work of a...

Art, what you've described is the work of a proper Charter Broker who one hopes wouldn't consider using a non AOC operator for their clients.
That is a world apart from an ex bookie gotten greedy......
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Feb 2019, 13:23
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Thus, clearly, what's needed is more enforcement,...

Thus, clearly, what's needed is more enforcement, something the CAA has always been notably ineffective at. They regulate us honest properly licenced operators almost to death but despite the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Feb 2019, 23:17
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

I can categorically assure you that this is not...

I can categorically assure you that this is not (always? often? even ever???) the case. I know personally of two occasions when desperately serious cases were reported with full corroborating...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jan 2019, 14:42
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Surely still wouldn't have been legal if...

Surely still wouldn't have been legal if Henderson had flown it due to the FAA's strict rule of exactly equal share of costs (Sala told flight was 'free' to him), pilot put up in hotac at someone...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jan 2019, 09:48
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Can you elaborate on that? What do you mean by...

Can you elaborate on that? What do you mean by "Red tape challenge"?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Jan 2019, 13:07
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Not without a substantial increase in the number...

Not without a substantial increase in the number of Flt Ops Inspectors to conduct widespread and regular ramp checks. The CAA will simply slope it's teflon shoulders a little more and say their...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 22:49
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

+100 It will be a pleasure to hear his...

+100
It will be a pleasure to hear his ludicrous defense of his absence of due diligence and failure to recognise the criminality involved in the numerous reported previous times he's arranged...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 13:08
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Much the same as me. I knew this sort of thing...

Much the same as me. I knew this sort of thing happened too but had no idea it was so apparently widespread
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 12:49
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

I could point you to a G reg airline accident...

I could point you to a G reg airline accident involving a nosegear-less landing with pax on a scheduled international service.
Or rather, I couldn't, as no accident report was filed.
Well, one was,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 12:02
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Even leaving Wingly aside is it just me or is it...

Even leaving Wingly aside is it just me or is it beginning to look as though there is a whole, widespread and extensive industry going on in the UK flying illegal charters on N reg (and possibly...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 22:13
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Perhaps if this turns into the big scandal it...

Perhaps if this turns into the big scandal it deserves to it will have the beneficial effect of exposing the prevalance of grey charters and N reg schenanigans and hopefully also illustrate the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 10:35
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

It would be interesting to hear why he got so...

It would be interesting to hear why he got so close to boarding the aircraft but changed his mind.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 17:16
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Quote from The Times. I'm not getting...

Quote from The Times.


I'm not getting this.

I thought a CPL and AOC are among the requirements to charter.
I also thought that N reg could not charter here. Surely an N reg can't be on a UK...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2019, 22:16
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Chartered? On the N reg? Wouldn't be the...

Chartered? On the N reg?

Wouldn't be the least but surprised if some shenanigan like this was involved - but if so the CAA need to come down on the perpetrators like a ton of hot bricks.
We hear...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2019, 13:46
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,345
Posted By meleagertoo

Any idea if the aircraft was G reg or something...

Any idea if the aircraft was G reg or something else?
With a freezing level at about 3000ft and intermittent precipitation they'd likely have been in significant icing at 4000ft so a descent to...
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