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Three strikes.

Three strikes.

“The ATSB found that the dispatcher for YID could not visually confirm the position of VGR relative to gate D2 and assessed that because the aircraft hadn’t moved, it was on the gate. The pushback ground staff followed the normal practice for a pushback from bay...
Tale wags dog.

Tale wags dog.

Higgins : “CASA’s continual refusal to review the CAO 48.1 in the context of directive 01/2015 flies in the face of CASA’s new mantra of being a “fair, firm and consistent’’ regulator.”  From AP – Here-. Good point; a very good point indeed: a quick straw poll...
Two pints of opinion please.

Two pints of opinion please.

Does Australian aviation cares who forms a government?  The short answer is no. In fact the closer the two parties are to a ‘hung’ parliament, the better the chances of actually getting the appalling state of aviation administration and the costs the current situation...
But, only in the eye of the beholder.

But, only in the eye of the beholder.

Quote:TB – “In other words CAsA is a joke internationally, very embarrassing.” Not so, according to Skidmore.  He is actually bragging, to all and sundry that administrations from all over the world ring him to discover, for themselves just how the Australian system...