Chird65

See Jabba-Who, you have bought up my main issue, there seems to be unethical practices going on. It is a no win situation for the pilot, owner or DAME, what is needed is for a body that is not affected by the governing body (CASA) to take them to task. As you say this may not be AHPRA, that is why I thought AMA as a political body that represents a lot of medical professionals who has the ear of politicians and are seen as at least reasonable when it comes to medical process. I also would not have a problem if the rules were applied evenly, or that the rules were actually known and published. At least then there would be an argument.

Happy to be corrected. thank you So on that basis who is the body that should question the unethical over ruling of a specialist report without review? I agree on the GP front that some are worth my life, but that is not who I have the issue with it is the unseen bureaucrat who without observation but with evidence to the contrary makes a determination to affect someone's job. I just have a hobby but there are others who rely on this system. regards Chris

The AMA: Promotes and advances ethical behaviour by the medical profession and protects the integrity and independence of the doctor-patient relationship; Promotes and advances the public health; Protects the academic, professional and economic independence and the well being of medical practitioners; and Preserves and protects the political, legal and industrial interests of medical practitioners. In their mission statement they support the industrial interest (of DAMEs), the independence of the doctor - patient relationship, and finally promotes the advancement of ethical behaviour. Is it ethical for anyone to change an outcome without any real explanation? All of this says they are the body that should support this. Incidently; to be a doctor you have to be in the AMA, therefore if a medical diagnosis is being made/changed they would be the place to start before legal avenues.

I think before anyone decides on increasing the membership fee they have a look at the flying hours of members. me personally, I have not flown for 3 years and have to justify the cost every year. I want to fly in the future so I continue to pay the membership. If I, and all the rest of the currently not flying members, were to quit where would the remainder be. I found RaAus via the internet, the magazine could be electronic like the EAA one see "Begin reading this issue" (not sure if that will work unless you have joined) but it is complete, easy to read and search. As I have said it is a struggle each year and I am sure I am not the only person in that basket.

I still have to wonder why the AMA do not stamp on this type of behaviour from Non Specialist Doctors, when a specialist has made a diagnosis?

I would actually say the opposite is true for our organisation. There is no one application with modules that would "perfectly" suit our model. The Overarching Business Strategy is important, not the IT Strategy; the waterfall method where we think we have all requirements, then we design then build, works well where you can wait a long time and the team never changes. I would think that an Agile / Scrum method where the team is small and the deliverables come in cycles would better suit our outcomes. Given the short tenure of board, management and staff and changing environment we find ourselves in, it would be more cost affective to deliver incremental improvements rather than wait for a big bang. I agree with needing an "integrated business process management system based on a whole-of-enterprise, web-enabled relational database structure", it is just the idea that we know or can determine all requirements never happens. It is the changes to scope that costs a project in time and money. To this problem small steps with defined outcomes works more efficiently. Chris

it was noted, though will not make it to the minutes, that the board has more tomato throwers than the crowd.. this was the path chosen for the outspoken as they now have signed a ..........

is that the answer to "what were they smoking when they wrote that"

I wonder how long it will take for Australia to catch up? http://tinyurl.com/GA-News-Story. Seems logical to have an experienced Check pilot for the new Experimental Aeroplane flights.

I agree, this is my pastime and although I looked into the survivability rate of crashes in the KR2 range of aircraft, it was not the only criteria. Things such as ease of build, support group, performance etc. were the other criteria. It is interesting that the general comment after looking at photos of crashed KR2' is "wow they were lucky to walk away from that". The plane looked bad but the occupants were in reasonable shape. Is this because of good design? I don't think so as it is low wing and bubble canopy. The basic structure around occupants is 5/8 wood and ply. The last thing may be that the planes are light and the stall speed is low (mind you KR2 only just stall in the 40 - 50 knot range) Interestingly, in my study of the KR2 the issue of Pilot currency in type, was the largest contributing factor. Unlike the Bike/Car comparison other road users were not my biggest worry.

Is that "eggsamples" or "examples"

Always thought it was funny that there was a bomber made just for Canberra but at 1,000 km it might be a bit far and they might see you coming.

I just read that Colin Hales made the flight in a KR2 from the UK to USA and made the last day of Adventure. This is the same guy who flew UK to Australia. It was not an uneventful trip but was an adventure none the less. It would have been better to see a good report but he had technical issues getting on line. He has a Facebook page: KRii Worldtour and an incomplete blog; http://kr2worldtour.blogspot.com.au/

Turbs, I agree with what you are trying to get at, But... I have been on building sites where we had to go through the office (after pre-attending the safety course the day before), wait to be escorted by one person, then had to wait 20 mins for an electrician to come and do the work of plugging in a Server. The electrician knew nothing of computers and could not understand dual power supplies or the need to plug 4 network cables in. He was out of his depth and 10 mins later took a 1 hour tea break. A carpenter may know a saw but may have no idea of how to work with a metal saw. The butt covering gets in the way of work, and butt covering is what i see this regulation as. Most of the comments on this RAA only regulation is trying to show that it mostly is not followed; nobody knows of an instance where not following has affected safety; PPL operations don't follow the same requirement; and there are other bodies who could claim that they have the right to be king, especially if they are the land holder. The regulation is too prescriptive and does not enhance safety; either through non compliance or conflict with other users in aviation.

Actually there is a difference between having "a pair" and being effective. Is the media the place to air this or is it really up to CASA and ATSB to investigate and make recommendations. I think if RAA have a concern then they have done the right thing, and could even go as far as offering statistics and reports to these bodies.

Actually, they have been talking about this since 2009. It didn't happen over night. http://www.sonexaircraft.com/research/aeroveeturbo.html

How long is a piece of string. According to the FAA if treated well (Don't add water) then a long time . They give examples of 1930's planes still in service. Wood has a better fatigue life than metal and if it can be inspected is relatively easy to tell if it has a problem. Access issues aside, the repair is normally straight forward. Quality is also an issue and availability of the more common aircraft grade timbers, continues to be an issue. I'm probably telling you something you already know. but for those interested download "http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/amt_airframe_handbook/media/ama_Ch06.pdf" for repairing and inspecting wooded airframes.

I have to disagree, I do all of that and have done for many years. High quality communications means giving you what you need when you need it. I have used ADSL1 and 2 and currently Cable (Not Fibre). I agree that having access to files can be an issue but cloud storage and collaboration makes the need to download a large file almost redundant. The only time I would need the whole file is if I wished to lock everyone else out while I did changes. Generally, that means I have time. What Turbo described is very exciting but 90% of workers do not need it and current speeds (remote areas excepted) work well. Note: most people think the current phone/ pad use of WIFI / 3g to be sufficient. The reason for this is the way they work changed from when they needed to physically plug in and carry a laptop. of course I can't wait for the Turbo vision to be more available, just because I can. :-) Chris Having read the two posts above I have to agree, Back-haul and Cache are the expensive infrastructure and commercial profitability is what will drive its delivery. Unless you monopolise the infrastructure then the vast majority will not pay for the minority.

And I think this is how Jab can get around the issue. Once Cammit have the legal stuff sorted out then Jab can say we recommend Cammit. Cammit then hold the ability to make changes and Jab no longer have a engine with a bad name.

Try: http://www.raa.asn.au/2014/01/proposed-operations-manual-changes/

No religion allowed :-0

BTW I had a call from the office, seems they were not quite ready to have us all try. They don't have any issues just that information spread quickly. On the clues to questions it is really just another form of training. I passed the assessment on my current knowledge, and as I am building from scratch, I had read AC 43.13-1B a couple of years ago. Chris

Actually according to the site Pilot Maintenance requires passing the assessment. I actually logged on and completed the Assessment correctly. Can i say some of the questions are a bit fuzzy. there was one on the direction of safety wire and it was not clear if it was the twists in the wire or the direction of the wire around the Nut. I know not may left hand threads but that is not the point it is about the tension in the direction that doesn't loosen the nut. Either way I now have a pass on that portion. I need some more study though as I wanted a 100% and not less. Chris

Frank would you include the ability of say a plumber flying themselves to a remote site and taking their basic tools, because as I understand it at the moment that is not available. Chris

I Love quoting myself.. i asked Jim if the first milestone was to be met and he replied and said I could post his reply. " Chris, Thanks for the email. CASA have had a draft copy since the 4th of September to review and comment on. To this date they have not come back to us. We are continually developing the SMS which will be actioned soon after the appointment of the temporary position of National Safety Officer. We are also researching the option to introduced web based reporting. CASA have also indicated not to be concerned with the dates as the deed is not dependant on them and they preferred to have the document signed instead of delayed as we negotiated dates. Feel free to post this on the forums. Regards, Jim Tatlock" ( extra lins removed.) So there has been movement but as always the bureaucracy has slowed it somewhat. :-)