old man emu

Regarding medicals and evidence, in Victoria a holder of a heavy vehicles license with a medical issue is required to have an annual specialists health report to Vic Roads. Such a rule for an RAA license would be a slight imposition for the pilot but it would add an extra layer of insurance and liability risk mitigation. Not to mention confirm health status for the pilot,

For example, in 2006 I succumbed to stress caused by the actions of my superiors pursuing a policy of ridding the NSW Police of those who would be the beneficiaries of a really good superannuation scheme, which had operated since 1928. Anyway, I became depressed and went off with depression and anxiety.

Ten years on, I've got over depression and anxiety and lead a pretty happy life, although the doctor who is supposed to be monitoring me hasn't been available to see me for ages. So I still pop a happy pill each day.

The upshot of this is that when I fill out the form for my annual transport medical I put down the medication I'm taking and the reason for it. Now the licensing authority is asking for reports from psychologists so they feel safe to renew my various licences so I can work.

No one has asked if I'm still feeling like I did in 2006. My file must have "DEPRESSIVE MENTALITY" in big red letters stamped across it. And I think that ink is indelible.

You'll notice a link to a report on the Home page of this site which reports that mental health issues are not being reported. Simply, it's because if you are unwise enough to make an honest declaration, the authorities immediately class you as a psychotic homicidal maniac, likely to use a form of transport to maim and kill innocent members of the public.

Old Man Emu

CASA could easily do this and it actually would make good sense if the Regulator had a different mind-set towards all forms of recreational aviation. One licence with endorsements and one driver licence health standard for those that hold it.Kaz

OME

You must remember the primary reason for any form of oral communication. It is to clearly pass information to others.

Therefore the first rule of speaking over the radio is to speak clearly. This means avoiding trying to chatter off like a machine gun, and to enunciate.

Slow down. It's better to speak slowly and clearly for ten seconds than rattle off unintelligibly for six and then have some one reply, "Station calling, say again"

What happens if you mix up the order of things you should say? Nothing much. As long as you say all the things you have to say, people listening will get the message. That's because they are listening for the information they want. Do they think that halfway through your broadcast a listener will remember your call-sign and aircraft type? They just what to know where you are, and what you are doing. If they need to confirm aircraft type, they'll ask.

As a student pilot, you should rehearse what you are going to say a while before you are going to speak; take a deep breath; press the button and talk At half your normal conversational speed, y'all.

If you are a student doing circuits, include your radio calls in the sequence of activities you carry out to fly the plane. If you are out in the training area, you know that you'll always head back to the airport over the same reporting points. As you approach those know points think about your call as you a cruising along.

OME

I'll poke the hollow log.

What if the licensing of all pilots was under the control of CASA, and the many facets of the operation of aircraft for non-commercial purposes devolved to organisations such as RAAus, GFA etc?

That way the syllabus for licences would be the same for all pilots and there could be graduated levels of licence

1. Student

2. Restricted (Local ares flights only - pre nav, motor vehicle driver's medical standard)

3. Conditional - Day VMC, MTOW < 2000lbs

4. Advanced - NVMC, IFR, Aerobatic, Water-based, Crop dusting, Mustering (? Class 2 medical?)

5. CPL

6. ATPL

Included in the Student/Restricted licence would be the skills for operating in CTA. One might never fly into a Primary airport, so that knowledge could reasonably be forgotten, but at least by the time a Conditional licence was issued, the recreational pilot could operate in lesser classes of CTA, provided that the aircraft was suitably equipped.

With licensing all on the same level, special interest organisations could take over monitoring aircraft registration.

Old Man Emu

"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle", from The Court Jester - Danny Kaye.

Or, "The pill for the thrill's in the vassal with the pizzle."

OME

I'd be up for that!

Aw Daaaad!

Another example of police harassment of innocent, law-abiding emus going about their daily business.

These Arizona Highway Patrolmen, cockroaches, crunchy backs, white pointers - call 'em what you will, gave a cousin of mine a really hard time as he was taking a stroll along a scenic section of Interstate 10 near Phoenix, Arizona.

Just because he was walking along the side of the road, in the direction of traffic flow, and not against that direction, they restrained him and placed him in a holding pen. Who did they think he was - an ill eagle immigrant?

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2016/10/21/arizona-loose-emu-disrupts-traffic-interstate-10/92527580/

Old Man Emu

Hey Blud. . . .You Da Man

OME

With what appears to be minimal damage, I suggest that the cause of death was not related to the impact. Especially given the deceased's age.

OME

I also refuse to consider my pilot cert as a "privilege". I see it as a right that has some unreasonable restrictions arbitrarily placed on it by the Regulator. Some petty official sitting Canberra thinks I should not be allowed to train or CTA nor be tested for the skill nor use the skill. What on earth gives them the right to place these restriction on my recreational flying?

Does the Minister responsible give a care about any aspect of private aviation? Not likely ... more important to consolidate the electoral result so that the next election does not result in a new JobSearch.

Does the Head of Department care about private aviation? Not likely .... a career Public Servant in the mold of Sir Humphrey Appleby.

Do senior public servants care about private aviation? Only if they can become emperors in their own niche empire.

Does the media care about private aviation? Only if a Cessna of any description plummets earthwards barely missing a school or children's playground.

Does Big Business care about aviation? Only if it can close down airports in metropolitan areas so the lovely flat land can be released for real estate development.

Does the general public care about aviation? Of course they do ... Get rid of those noisy aeroplanes that fly over our Macmansions.

OME

.. and don't call me Ashley. Regards, Shirley.

Righto, you two. Cut it out the personal attacks and get back to attacking the topic.

(Emu..posts have been moderated to hopefully bring some sanity to the discussion. Thanks for your comment....mod)

Ha! Putin does it wearing a chute. Trump wouldn't.

About 8 miles west of Moreton-in-Marsh, towards Broadway is Broadway Tower, located on the second highest point of the Cotswolds. This plaque is near the tower

Follow Back Lane east from Graveley to the intersection with Calder Way, Ashby and you can see what looks like an abandoned single runway just south of that intersection. OME

WRONG!!!! 5 miles south of Huntingdon (RAF Graveley - Wikipedia)

If you Google Map Gravely and look at the sattelite view you can see an oddly shaped paddock to the west. If you look closely you can see two runways as crop marks. Have a look at the buildings on "Cotton Farm"

I know of it, Don't know if it is still there. I shall check. . . .

You haven't seen it yet?

I can never figure out whether it is the 's' or the 'c' that is silent in the word 'scene'

Follow Back Lane east from Graveley to the intersection with Calder Way, Ashby and you can see what looks like an abandoned single runway just south of that intersection.

OME

Have you ever been to the Wellington Museum on Bourton Rd (A44) at Moreton-on-Marsh?

In another thread, comment was made that the products of competency based learning programmes relating to aircraft maintenance are far from being able to apply the knowledge in practical situations.

There is nothing much wrong with the syllabus for a Cert IV in Aeroskills, which is the nationwide training one does to become an AME. However, what many people miss in "Competency-based Learning" is that the result is only as good as the assessment of competency. Training organisations who provide this course over 52 weeks, fulltime, produce theoreticians, not practitioners. I'd like to see a condition of successful completion of this Cert IV training that it has to be completed in conjunction with a Statement of Experience, and be timetabled over four years at least.

According to the requirements of competency-based learning the persons have to themselves hold the qualification which includes the learning material they are delivering. Unfortunately, while LAMEs might have held the required authorisations for years, unless they have gone through the process of having that knowledge and experience acknowledge by the issue of a qualification, they cannot teach. It is not difficult to go through the process of Recognition of Prior Learning, but there is the roadblock of $$$$ dollar signs $$$$. I wonder how many people delivering Cert IV in Aeroskills learning programmes meet the requirements of the national authority.

RAAus has not made public the its requirements for the issue of an L2 authority. However, on its website it says that an L2 for aircraft under its control is the same as a LAME for aircraft under CASA control. I wonder if RAAus uses the Cert IV in Aeroskills as knowledge basis for its approvals.

Old Man Emu

Actually, we should be happy with today's grammar and spelling, even if it does not follow the "rules". That constant variation shows that our language is alive, not dead like those of lost civilisations.

If any generation should be used to change, it should be us Baby Boomers.

OME

Good luck with that, OK. It was colloquially known as the greengrocer's apostrophe, due to the liberal sprinkling of them on most greengrocer's daily roadside chalkings: cauliflower's $2.50 each etc.

My pet hate is the failure to have the Number of the verb correspond with its Subject, especially when an adjectival phrase is placed between the Subject and the verb.