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    I guess in her defence it wouldn't be the first time the political establishment set her up with a criminal offence to get her out of the way. Frankly the whole business of politics is grubby.
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    If you want to be able to carry your family on trips you will need more than 2 seats, which pretty much leaves you stuck with going RPL. And ultimately if you want CTA and CTR etc you might as well just skip the RPL and go straight for PPL, much more flexibility there. If you go to the right schools, ie dual RA/GA they may even do your initial training in an RA aircraft to keep the cost down.
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    I don't disagree, there are unjustified laws out there and blind observance of the rules is not good, however I don't think that is the case here. However by introducing Nuremberg we are getting perilously close to Godwin's law here so probably way way too far off topic for a recreational aviation forum
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    bexrbetter, I generally like to apply the theory of innocent until proven guilty too, but the problem with politicians is they are very good at protecting each other and never get found guilty of anything in a court of law.
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    It's not the fact that she got the plane that is the issue, it's the method used that is the problem
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    Taking a sick day when your not sick, yes frankly that is fraud.
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    Well then I guess since where the money comes from to get the aircraft isn't important as long as it's in the best interest of recreational aviation some minor offence like bank robbery etc is no biggy either, just make sure it's spent on an Australian aircraft though. I mean come on, if what she is accused of did actually happen it is nothing short of a criminal offence, and rather than promoting recreational aviation and jabiru it's dragging the companies name through the mud assosciated with yet another scandal. That is extremely unfortunate because they are a beautiful aircraft to fly and I learnt a lot about stick and rudder flying from the Jabiru.
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    Sweet, so your all good with me going and committing fraud to get my hands on an aeroplane as long as it's a jabiru or other Australian aircraft?
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    I don't care what office they are or are not in, I would like to see them held to at least the same standard as a member of the general public. Try claiming your personal aircraft as a business expense on your tax return and see how that one flies. If you get away with it let me have your accountants number, I could use someone with that kind of talent. Of course the reality is you would more likely be facing a fraud charge as you gained an advantage through deception. Same with Pauline if the allegations are true, and therefore she should be subject to the same standards and penalties. Of course she isn't the only politician who is also a crook, and the others need the same treatment that is being dished out now.
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    They are allegations with significant evidence to back them up, and therefore not defamatory. In the words of Pauline herself, at the very least it deserves a "please explain". Ultimately like all members of politics she will get away with it. If any of us tried it we would be off to prison.
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    Why take the heat off someone who has committed fraud? How is that reasonable? Just because you may possibly agree with her policies doesn't mean what she did was right. This isn't a case of flying at 499ft instead of the 500ft or something small like that, it's serious fraud! She obtained financial advantage through deception! She has done exactly the same fraud as the labour politician and should be penalised the same, and frankly it probably is worthy of prison for both.
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    I don't think I will slam you for those comments, pretty much my exact sentiments on the matter there.
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    Fraud is a pretty serious breach of law punishable by serious jail time, and let's not forget that essentially this alleged fraud has been perpetrated against us, the Australian taxpayer! By the very politician who said she was there to keep the bastards honest!
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    Really? So your ok with it just because it's an Australian built aeroplane? If you or I tried something like this we would be extremely lucky to avoid becoming a long term guest of her majesty. The fact that it's an Australian built aircraft in no way changes the fact that what has occurred here is likely an act of fraud, and I can't say I condone that under any circumstances.
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    I think Susan Ley hiring GA twins was at the relatively small end of her crimes so it would have got lost a bit in the bigger picture. The Jabiru is kind of central to the issue on this occasion.
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    Not having been there I don't really know who or where this was, but unfortunately in a lot of training schools there can be a lot of angry young men doing the instructing who think it is an affront to their superior skills that someone other than them is in the cockpit of an airliner.
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    +1 for air qld, great organisation however I have to declare I'm extremely biased there. If anyone is looking for any good value RA endorsements at Redcliffe PM me and I will see what I can organise.
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    No need to be embarrassed, perfectly reasonable question. But yeah, Recreational pilots licence. Basically replaces what used to be called GFPT.
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    Well it still gave them the prospect of being able to be a first officer in an airline and many made a career out of that. However for absolutely no sane reason casa has now made it so new class one applicants with CVD can only operate day VFR, which realistically means no hope of an aviation career. This makes no sense and just shows a regulator that isn't conducting evidence based decisions. However this is also now getting well outside the scope of this thread so I think it's a good time to stop going down that way.
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    We are very much in support of change, however we have both had enough experience with casa to know that they don't base their decision on what is reasonable and common sense. For example, for 30 years we were letting pilots with colour blindness fly as commercial pilots in Australia. Then with no supporting evidence casa decided that was too risky. It's evidence backing up our assertion that casa won't relax its medical standards to a reasonable level. I absolutely believe that for a small aircraft a drivers licence medical is sufficient for operating in CTA. However good luck convincing casa of that. I certainly wouldn't hold my breath.
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    We were using it to demonstrate the fact that rather than relaxing medical standards, casa has done the opposite
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    90% of pilots, including me would indeed be happy if casa relaxed the standards. However, casa don't base their policy on what makes pilots happy, and I suspect they pay very little attention to AOPA and RAA. There is a big difference between looking at submissions and actually relaxing standards. Considering submissions makes it appear to industry that casa is contemplating relaxing standards. Then they change the regulations on CVD pilots, introduce a RAMPC that is an absolute joke and god only knows what they have in mind next.
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    Exactly what Ben said
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    Perhaps the fact that even though it has been attempted several times nothing has changed? Perhaps you could produce the evidence that casa would be willing to be flexible on that one? I suspect 90% of the aviation community would be shocked if casa relaxed medical standards given the fact that if anything they are strengthening them at the moment.
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    My recommendation was more that if you want to buzz around day VFR in a single engine piston then a drivers licence medical is probably sufficient. As soon as you want more than that, you need a class 2 medical at least. On a class 2 you can do basically everything a class 1 can do, just not professionally.
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