Not a fan – Nope: not at all.
However;.... given ALL the facts, Instagramas etc. (WTD that may be) included, plus some ‘other’ information; there is credit for Nagy in this report. There is even the whisper of support for CASA (believe it or not).
We must hope, that for once, CASA actually do the usual and step neatly around the ‘recommendations’. There may be, (expert opinion lacking) a need to tidy up some of the rules which govern ‘Air-Shows’ but, on the whole, the management of those in Oz have, so far, kept things safe and tidy with tolerance, understanding and tacit latitude. So the need for ‘more’ restrictions is debatable.
Just say there has been 1000 perfectly safe, well managed, properly flown, compliant sorties over the last five years – (for a number). Of those, there has been one operated outside the prescribed ‘envelope’. So why should the compliant rest suffer additional restrictions for being good kids?
It ain’t fair. One silly sod takes off into IFR; so 50 odd 'compliant' - sensible pilots must cop the penalty? The number of accidents – compared to the number of safe arrivals is very low; so why do those who do ‘the right thing’ cop a penalty or restriction, because an individual thought dancing to his own music would be OK.
Most of us try, hard, to always be within the boundaries of ‘compliance; be it air show rules, IFR rules or VFR rules, all of which were produced as a response to a ‘minority’ aberration, not the majority of law abiding citizens.
As said, not an ATSB fan – but job well done; this time the ‘existing’ discretionary system works; all things considered. There was a little more to this one than meets the eye.
Cheers.
However;.... given ALL the facts, Instagramas etc. (WTD that may be) included, plus some ‘other’ information; there is credit for Nagy in this report. There is even the whisper of support for CASA (believe it or not).
We must hope, that for once, CASA actually do the usual and step neatly around the ‘recommendations’. There may be, (expert opinion lacking) a need to tidy up some of the rules which govern ‘Air-Shows’ but, on the whole, the management of those in Oz have, so far, kept things safe and tidy with tolerance, understanding and tacit latitude. So the need for ‘more’ restrictions is debatable.
Just say there has been 1000 perfectly safe, well managed, properly flown, compliant sorties over the last five years – (for a number). Of those, there has been one operated outside the prescribed ‘envelope’. So why should the compliant rest suffer additional restrictions for being good kids?
It ain’t fair. One silly sod takes off into IFR; so 50 odd 'compliant' - sensible pilots must cop the penalty? The number of accidents – compared to the number of safe arrivals is very low; so why do those who do ‘the right thing’ cop a penalty or restriction, because an individual thought dancing to his own music would be OK.
Most of us try, hard, to always be within the boundaries of ‘compliance; be it air show rules, IFR rules or VFR rules, all of which were produced as a response to a ‘minority’ aberration, not the majority of law abiding citizens.
As said, not an ATSB fan – but job well done; this time the ‘existing’ discretionary system works; all things considered. There was a little more to this one than meets the eye.
Cheers.