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  1. wear tidy clothes but make sure one piece of apparel has damage (a corner of a pocket torn, belt frayed, neck tie 'off centre', one lens fogged, one dark blue sock - one black; etc) .............. if you are up to scratch this could generate a critical sympathy factor that might get you in the front door ......................... to the base of the slippery pole

     

    good luck in any interview cfm56

     

     

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  2. why is it that an ultralight aeroplane is probably a more sophisticated platform (on average ? ....................... cost wise anyway) than a UAV ..................... but a commercial operation is allowed only in UAV

     

    is this decision 'sub' or 'ob' - jective ?

     

     

  3. Thanks Maj

     

    Facthunters comment is a good reminder - like a master plan - do we have such a mechanism (policeies or master plan) to know in what direction we are going and priority of issues (so everyone can see ?) ........... or is that well outlines in the GM's duites ? (as you say)

     

     

  4. Don't know much about this organisational stuff ..................... and I'm guessing the GM's salary is a big secret

     

    Let's say the GM is paid $ 140k + expenses

     

    Why not empoy more than 1 of them - it would be costly but in the scheme of things RAA needs continuity in the GM position

     

    I suspect that after every year or so (or less) when the positon becomes vacant ............... the potential for achievement is lost and the whole thing winds down, starts all over again and reverts back to the most urgent issue

     

     

  5. who knows where MH370 is or why its there

     

    any theory is worth considering

     

    we don't have too many options at this stage

     

    the best we have is a auto submerged computer looking for aluminium in potential sludge 3 miles below water level

     

    if the 777 hit the water (or suffered some other fate in the ocean) ................ this does not explain why there was no debris

     

    finding ANY debris will be helpful

     

     

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  6. I always find it a hoot that each time you get a new card you have to prove who you are ..................... this logic infers that your existing card is not satisfactory evidence to confirm that you are ................... you

     

    in other words the legislator does not even recognise their own card as satisfactory ID

     

    which then implies to me that even the legislator considers them worthless

     

     

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  7. the following is advice from a pilot - not an instructor - you must speak to your instructor ..................

     

    with instructor (and the stalls) fly around slow with a notch of flap (if you have flaps) - there is no harm in this - it is good

     

    approach and fly down the strip in this configuration and see what that feels like (if the instructor is not breaking any rules of course)

     

     

  8. Don't know much about them strange whirly things ............ so in the interests of a ding dong are there any helicopter pilots out there that would refute either or both statement a) & b)

     

    a) If the wings are travelling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter - and therefore unsafe

     

    b) If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to

     

     

  9. Yes KG - in Qld the rule was where you had town water your new house had to have a 5000 ltr tank for toilets and laundry

     

    I think it was for energy efficiency and also to remove some 'peak' load from reticulated water supplies

     

    This rule stayed in effect for say 2 or 3 years and now has been repealed

     

    So if you build a new house now - this requirement is now not required or built (this might not be fso or some Councils)

     

    You probably can now plumb your toilet and laundry back to town water - get rid of the pump ................. no questions asked ............. I'd guess

     

     

  10. if you search the newspaper articles you will read that the chopper pilot and the rigger were looking at each other and each was in difficulty trying to communicate what should be done (can't recall about radio com) - what was done was argued in some sort of forum / hearing

     

    My GUESS would be: I don't think the pilot or the rigger thought it through ................ I'd guess if the pilot has his time again then he would of flown above the lift so that the cable was tight and then released ?

     

    ..................... probably would have been less damage - if anything at all

     

     

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