OK. Rolls up sleeves – bugger dancing around the Daisy’s.
Over it. Gee Whiz – GD: we always have; and, hopefully will always, will get the ‘punters’ home, in one piece. Quite often – on time – occasionally, even ‘legal’ (if such a masterpiece is possible). We do it, day in, day out; around the clock, without any assistance from the big ‘R’ regulator. In fact, we do it despite the ‘regulator’. Quite often in breach of the regulators ‘safety’ rules.
There’s hardly one of us who is ‘without sin’. It is a fact of life that no matter how hard you try – there is always a ‘breach’ which can, and will, if it pleases, be translated into a heinous crime of strict liability, criminal negligence. A knot over the crosswind limit on finals; Go around: no? Well, your career can, if it pleases, hang on such a slim margin; strict liability and all. A single, 0.1 hour in a log book (instrument) error can, will; and has been the basis for a ‘fraud’ charge; vigorously prosecuted. Then, after that it can and does get ‘legally’ interesting, if you can pay the freight.
If, and it often does, please the ‘official’ to tell you that “there is a lot of shit heading your way” as an opening statement to a routine audit; or, that the FAA version (verbatim) of how to teach Vmca recovery is a recipe for a death dive ‘roll over’; then, no kidding. ‘you have problems’ – big ones.. But wait: there’s more – only a stall recovery, with the SAS system ‘inop’ will satisfy the CASA requirement for a FO type rating, this, despite the manufactures written statement saying, categorically, ‘Not even approach' to stall without SAS’. –This not withstanding CAO requirements , that ‘stall’ training and testing was not even required, for FO.
Then, we come to the deceit and lies section. Oh yes children, it exists. For instance – Inutile Lad decides that, despite the sworn evidence of a half dozen, impeccable witnesses, – that you were ‘pissed’ on arrival for a ‘CASA supervised’ check flight. Mind you; the facilities, for conducting an ‘on the spot’, on site, CASA approved DUI check, by CASA approved, independent, impartial people are blatantly ignored. Then, many, many hours later, having established that the ‘suspect’ was miles from base; raise a complaint, eight hours after the ‘suspicion’. This, despite having been happy in that the original supposition of ‘drunkenness’ was kosher, and then, allowed the ‘test’ and flight test (that’s airborne) to go ahead. All of this carried out under a totally illegal protocol – outside of the CASA approved CT system – with a ‘pilot’ supposedly half pissed, to be allowed to fly. This gets even better. IL (to his 'mates'), then waits another six hours before reporting to ‘the manager’ and then, gets his new best ‘mate’ to sign a sworn statement. A statement to the effect that he too (the mate), witnessed all this; despite not being anywhere remotely near the airport, let alone ‘on-site’, during the hours in question, on the day. (This is, BTW, fully supported by documents, freely and quickly supplied, under the FoI Act).
The WTF shout gets better and bigger from there on. That pilot/victim has now been unemployed and, essentially unemployable now for five years now, courtesy of Inutile Lad and ‘his’ boss. Better than 15,000 multi command – under IFR – jet, turbine, piston, international, heavy and light; ATO, Chief pilot, operator, AOC holder (<5700 etc.) Why?
Well may you wonder. But I’ll tell you anyway – 51 first time passes of an IR in a straight line, 130 base checks, 12 new type ratings, over 100 ‘route checks’; dozens of CT checks, including those done by CASA ‘experts’. And yet one, just one, solitary FOI, now claiming to be ‘under orders’, decides, without any proof, whatsoever, that this experienced, good stick and rudder man, broadly experienced CP, top training, good check pilot, is suddenly, a drunken incompetent. Go figure.
The rest is history. This is a short, cleaned up, version of the real underbelly: the reality of what, despite the twaddle, industry is daily staring down and very much a’feared of. Yet IL, to this day prospers – WTF?
Aye well. One day, soon I hope, I will be released to tell the whole, no holds barred, of this sad, sorry tale. But it is not my story to tell, not yet. But soon Inutile Lad, soon. You do have my solemn word on that. Mike Smith will be the first to hear of it; that, you can take to the bank of your choice. Sure, you can run, but you cannot hide – not forever. Tick tock.
Selah.
Over it. Gee Whiz – GD: we always have; and, hopefully will always, will get the ‘punters’ home, in one piece. Quite often – on time – occasionally, even ‘legal’ (if such a masterpiece is possible). We do it, day in, day out; around the clock, without any assistance from the big ‘R’ regulator. In fact, we do it despite the ‘regulator’. Quite often in breach of the regulators ‘safety’ rules.
There’s hardly one of us who is ‘without sin’. It is a fact of life that no matter how hard you try – there is always a ‘breach’ which can, and will, if it pleases, be translated into a heinous crime of strict liability, criminal negligence. A knot over the crosswind limit on finals; Go around: no? Well, your career can, if it pleases, hang on such a slim margin; strict liability and all. A single, 0.1 hour in a log book (instrument) error can, will; and has been the basis for a ‘fraud’ charge; vigorously prosecuted. Then, after that it can and does get ‘legally’ interesting, if you can pay the freight.
If, and it often does, please the ‘official’ to tell you that “there is a lot of shit heading your way” as an opening statement to a routine audit; or, that the FAA version (verbatim) of how to teach Vmca recovery is a recipe for a death dive ‘roll over’; then, no kidding. ‘you have problems’ – big ones.. But wait: there’s more – only a stall recovery, with the SAS system ‘inop’ will satisfy the CASA requirement for a FO type rating, this, despite the manufactures written statement saying, categorically, ‘Not even approach' to stall without SAS’. –This not withstanding CAO requirements , that ‘stall’ training and testing was not even required, for FO.
Then, we come to the deceit and lies section. Oh yes children, it exists. For instance – Inutile Lad decides that, despite the sworn evidence of a half dozen, impeccable witnesses, – that you were ‘pissed’ on arrival for a ‘CASA supervised’ check flight. Mind you; the facilities, for conducting an ‘on the spot’, on site, CASA approved DUI check, by CASA approved, independent, impartial people are blatantly ignored. Then, many, many hours later, having established that the ‘suspect’ was miles from base; raise a complaint, eight hours after the ‘suspicion’. This, despite having been happy in that the original supposition of ‘drunkenness’ was kosher, and then, allowed the ‘test’ and flight test (that’s airborne) to go ahead. All of this carried out under a totally illegal protocol – outside of the CASA approved CT system – with a ‘pilot’ supposedly half pissed, to be allowed to fly. This gets even better. IL (to his 'mates'), then waits another six hours before reporting to ‘the manager’ and then, gets his new best ‘mate’ to sign a sworn statement. A statement to the effect that he too (the mate), witnessed all this; despite not being anywhere remotely near the airport, let alone ‘on-site’, during the hours in question, on the day. (This is, BTW, fully supported by documents, freely and quickly supplied, under the FoI Act).
The WTF shout gets better and bigger from there on. That pilot/victim has now been unemployed and, essentially unemployable now for five years now, courtesy of Inutile Lad and ‘his’ boss. Better than 15,000 multi command – under IFR – jet, turbine, piston, international, heavy and light; ATO, Chief pilot, operator, AOC holder (<5700 etc.) Why?
Well may you wonder. But I’ll tell you anyway – 51 first time passes of an IR in a straight line, 130 base checks, 12 new type ratings, over 100 ‘route checks’; dozens of CT checks, including those done by CASA ‘experts’. And yet one, just one, solitary FOI, now claiming to be ‘under orders’, decides, without any proof, whatsoever, that this experienced, good stick and rudder man, broadly experienced CP, top training, good check pilot, is suddenly, a drunken incompetent. Go figure.
The rest is history. This is a short, cleaned up, version of the real underbelly: the reality of what, despite the twaddle, industry is daily staring down and very much a’feared of. Yet IL, to this day prospers – WTF?
Aye well. One day, soon I hope, I will be released to tell the whole, no holds barred, of this sad, sorry tale. But it is not my story to tell, not yet. But soon Inutile Lad, soon. You do have my solemn word on that. Mike Smith will be the first to hear of it; that, you can take to the bank of your choice. Sure, you can run, but you cannot hide – not forever. Tick tock.
Selah.