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44 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

These recent posts are related to a DAME being unreasonable, mistaken or screwing up along with CASA being accused of not knowing about medicine to the degree that the pilots did. Let's say all of the cases posted were correct; that leaves more than 16,000 Australian pilots to discuss.

 

 The health of all those 16,000 has to be judged up front, and at regular intervals. CASA is responsible for that. If you declare you are fit to drive or fly, you are responsible for that.

 

I think the issue is that CASA ignore the medical experts. Does that mean CASA itself is making the medical determinations?

6 minutes ago, Geoff_H said:

Just about the same happened to me except that the specialist wrote an immediate reply virtually telling casa how ridiculous their claim that there could be a problem was not valid. It was cysts on the kidney issue benign and large proportions of the population have them.

Yes, a similar story. The ultrasound detected one small cyst on one of my kidneys. I was told it was of no concern and that it is very common to have at least one by the time you reach your 40s. 

21 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

Blood in the urine can also be prostate cancer and that might have been the reason that further tests were required.

 

The problem with self certification is that some people simply don't report that they have a medical issue, even though they know they have a problem.

Prostate cancer wasn't a concern, probably because of its very slow progression and my age at the time. I was asked about kidney stones, but had never had one, and still haven't.

A self-declaration medical would have saved me a lot of time an money about 10 years ago. I went for a class 2 medical, as a fit 40 year old, and all the tests were fine except the final dip stick into the urine. It detected traces of blood.

My DAME said a positive dipstick test for traces of blood in urine would often be a false positive. Nevertheless, he sent me for an ultrasound of my kidneys. That showed my kidneys were in great shape. CASA wouldn't accept it.

CASA demanded I see a urologist to be further assessed and have a CT scan. The urologist looked through the paperwork and thought it was ridiculous, he told me I was perfectly healthy and he would have told me to go away if not for CASA's requirement for testing. Anyway, $600 for a CT scan and a letter from the urologist and I finally got my Class 2 medical. Whole process cost me about $1,000 and took 6 months. Absolute freaking waste of time and money. And, of course, my kidneys are still perfectly heatlhy and I have had zero health issues in the last 10 years.

That's my 2 cents worth.

Prior to a training flight in a J160, as a very new student, I noticed the locking pin for the adjustable rudder pedals was missing on my side. I didn't think much of it, but told my instructor. He said we weren't moving anywhere until it was located, due to the risk of it lodging into controls during flight. Took a couple of minutes to find itn on the floor, but then it was put back in place and we were on our way. 

Thanks onetrack. I googled Sperry Gyro Horizon and found a few of what appear to be the same model for sale as WWII Sperry Gyroscopes. Those are in much better condition than this one. I don't why this gyro is so beat up and missing the cage and adjustment knobs. If I remember correctly my father in law bought it from an old junk shop back in the 80s, but he wasn't given any information about it.

I saw a few recent posts about old aircraft instruments and it reminded me of an old gyro - horizon that I found in my father-in-laws shed. 

Just out of interest, does anyone have an idea of its vintage or what aircraft it may have come from? Would be interested to hear.

Cheers,

Tony

However you do it,  with weight, If you don't permanently change something you will put it back on. People who go on  crash diets and then put it back on are worse off than if they had remained steady. Some energy rich food will take a heap of exercise to cancel out. So better to restrict the food , or change it's nature, than exercise like you are preparing for a triathlon contest. As you get older it's easier to do some damage to yourself so the exercise programme has to be for your age group, not some 18 year old. If your muscles and  joints  get weak  you lack stability and are likely to fall. It's all a delicate balance, and a realization of where you are actually at, what can be done and what is risky.  Doing NOTHING in the way of exercise will cause muscle atrophy quite quickly. Loss of muscle mass is a risk with fast weight loss if you are a senior citizen.. Nev

I though Ashby said the aircraft was his.

Ashby didn’t pay for the aircraft did he? If not, receiving a fee aircraft on the proviso he fly Pauline around is not a bad reward. It’s possible the party may have also covered all costs associated with the flights?

Hey Geoff, I think you may be able do your CSU endorsement at Redcliffe at Fly-Now. They had a CTLS there in the recent past.Tony

I like the Jacobsen flare, it works for me.

Thanks! That's awesome mate! Are you still flying at Lilydale?

Thanks mate! Mine was in 4929. Will probably never forget that rego haha. I can't wait to start flying the warriors, but I'd like to finish my rpc first. A bit easier on the wallet, those Jabs...Cheers,

 

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Jaba- who, a lot of what you mention could be illegal. It is called transfer pricing (using various techniques to transfer profit to a lower taxing country). If caught by the ATO, companies can be hit with hefty penalties.

Bruce, anyone in the legal profession can be sued for negligence and it does happen. It is why all legal firms (and patent attorney firms etc) pay for professional indemnity insurance (which is expensive!)

That's a bit harsh iBob. I'm a patent attorney and I spend a lot of time trying to convince clients NOT to file a patent application. But, inventors are sometimes what I would call "special" characters and in some instances there is no way to convince them not to file (and they may have various reasons for wanting a 'patent'). And, if a client says they want to file there is risk in saying no. If someone else gets a patent for something similar to what they wanted to file you can end up with a very pissed-off ex-client who may sue you. In the US a few years ago, one disgruntled client shot and killed his patent attorney (and the attorney's receptionist) when he saw someone else's application for a similar technology to his, and after his attorney convinced him not to file. Sorry, couldn't let that comment stand unanswered.

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Fair Work Commission told of alleged bullying by former RSPCA chief Michael Linke

My concern is that if this new organisation undermines and weakens RAAus, but doesn't get its own act together, it could go badly for everyone.

I agree with TP, there is nothing to say this was not done in a courteous manner. And I don't think there would be anything too controversial in changing insurance broker.

Wasn't there a comment in the latest sport pilot that RA Aus were Negotiationg a better insurance deal under the new structure? Might be related to that.

That is a very clean font and easy to read.

Is a J160 fine to sideslip with flaps? I have slipped the 160 with full flap and didn't notice any issues with control. Pretty amazing rate of descent though.

The more I think about it, the more I realise that I don't really want to stop flying, even if just for a few years (better not let the wife read this)

My membership renewal is due next week, so I will pay again and then reconsider next year. If I don't get much flying in over the next 12 months then I will definitely,... well probably, give it away then.

I recently bought a hand held scanner. I was very glad it was not a transmitter when my 5 year old got hold of it and started yelling "hello...hello" every time there was a transmission.