Student Pilot

If the amount of commercial pilots I know answered the questions honestly they would be considered to have a drinking AND mental health problem. Attitudes are changing but there are still some dinosaurs out there who consider 10 beers or a bottle of spirits every night normal behaviour without any consequences. Anybody diagnosed with ADHD is ruled out for a commercial hence people omit some information.

Nev, I would rather travel on a relatively new 787 or Airbus 350 than a clapped out 777 or 330 Airbus with a million hours on it. Pilots say they like flying the 787.

I thought you'd be a metricated man Nev 🤣 you meant 1693 kg and 3206 kg

I don't sign any petitions now, they usually want all sorts of information before you sign

Well he obviously wasn't looking out the front 😆 Personally I find looking out the window is what I do, quick glance at a map or map screen then back outside. I am only a lowly VFR pilot and would prefer steam gauges, I find glass too busy with too much information for a quick glance especially the current crop of Garmin round gauges.

I have found best to let them dodge me if I can, it's very hard to stop the urge to react. Wedgies if above you will usually drop past in front of you, they can still be unpredictable. I have hit 2 over the years, I really hate hitting birds 😥

I was flying into Bankstown many years ago from the south, there was a low overcast and I was following the highway up on the Eastern side. I knew Wilton was there, I thought with the low overcast there would have been no parachuting activity. Some canopies popped out of the clouds just if front of me, had to manoeuvre around them. It would have been terrifying coming down through clouds hearing an aircraft close heading your way. Aircraft radios weren't flash and half the time people didn't broadcast intentions. I couldn't turn the radio (old Valve set) on too early going into Bankstown because it would overheat. Used to turn it on just before 2FC to get the ATIS. Parachuting folks were (still are mostly) rebels.

Too busy playing with multifunction avionics? Auto pilot on and looking at their phone?

There is a bit more to it with the drone pilot having to have a radio on current frequency and talk to the aircraft, with the drone pilot being responsible for separation. I have worked a few time (low level) close to drones, the pilots were good and made their intensions clear. I have also flown in countries where there are no such rules and it was the wild west.

Thinking clearly in an a catastrophic situation, cut off/ let go her tangled main before deploying the emergency. It's hard not to panic, unless you've been there you don't know how you will react.

Arthur gone pink?

The "once in a lifetime" chance of seeing Lake Eyre full that happens every 5 years 😁

"Little wings charity"? Is that Angel flight? If not is there room for two top heavy charities? Is Angel flight still going with the raffle debacle and all the fatal bad weather accidents?

I disagreed with the ATSB's findings Gary, knowing that aircraft personally and having been directly associated with the company doing the maintenance for something like 15 years before the accident.

Commercial annual fee might be nil but it it costs CASA to process your medical and depending on how old you are it can cost further north of $2000 to do the tests required