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  1. johnm
    a lot of times - when the conversation is getting say .............. embroiled (good word that), if someone makes a comment that you are specifcally referring to - you should mention that persons name - avatar otherwise everyone else thinks that comment is fired at them (the conversation then starts to broil) even using a quote from the person may not mean you are referring to that ............ but the conversation that was generated by the quote if you get my drift
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    Merv - an instructor's flying will be closer to perfection than my flying will ever be On the question of who can make an educated statement about instruction (assuming thats what you said) - I am educated in flying a plane and any discussion regarding instruction I am interested in - thats why I am having a go at the discussion. I am also assuming there is no erthereal concept us uneducated are breeching ?
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    I am not an instructor Volksy - the comments about under the bridge where tough and not called for - those bloody instructors do live up high so you'll just have to agree that they are not as perfect as what they think they are ..................... I don't reckon that if you are a bad instructor you will always be a bad one - surely that must be training and persistence that can change to good also - just like learning to fly. We all start off knowing nothing and we learn along the way ................ to be a good instructor does not mean being a member of an exclusive club. You could argue that of all the pilots out there there is lots of good instructor material - its just they prefer to pull the heads of chickens, fix cars, paint houses, etc - they have and will not ever consider being a flying instructor - maybe because there appears to be enough of them anyway I'd say I have 10 instrucors and there was always a wide variation in their character and teaching style - never a bad one that I can recall - along the way I have seen myself and some instructors make silly mistakes - all quiet a worthwhile social interaction really
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    Good subject Nev25 - a top of the morning to all instructurs Any scrutiny of what an instrcutor is / does is good ............ its a facet of aviation non instructors could learn from (diregarding bias, rock throwing etc etc)
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    rd - forgiveness might be easier to obtain than permission ...................... however I suspect this is not the case for CASA an option could be a local aerial ag operator ......... if you have one handy - hose the hopper out ........................... they'd probably not flinch an eye in performing the drop (a small cash donation to avoid the ATO would n't hurt either) (don't worry to much about the herb and insecticides - we are probably all breathing it in anyway) or .................. you might have to hire a big cherry picker / find a car or pedestrian bridge / (cheaper) and lolly drop from there or put a cannon (field gun type arrangement) down one end of the field and use the lollies as shrapnel (you could get on the front page with that one - great advertising and it could be the start of new, unique business). that will keep the aforesaid ATO happy as well anyway good luck and please tell us what you did
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    I've heard in this local area that a flying instructor commandered a local aero club hangar and then operated it as his private place of business (no access to anyone else) .................. needless to say the local members got their noses twisted and after a big legal fracas (of a number of years) the hangar was returned to the club and the said bsinessman spent time in the slammer ................... even if its not true its a great plot - I'll have to check my facts and let you know (................ please let it be true !)
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    we should 'feather the nest ' 'grease the wheels' 'press the flesh' 'fly the flag' 'move forward (sorry maj)' 'get to know our big brothers' etc etc - a thread should be started 'the best thing about CASA'
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    Turbo - in this world of infinite possibilities - and out of interest its probable that there might be some wayward VH registrations as well ? ......................... I realsie 2 wrongs don't make a right, but, who audits CASA registrations of aircraft ? (assuming they self audit with auditors of impeccable acumen)
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    .................. for the record I'm thinking 'GOVERNANCE' is an ethical parameter / boundary (so it should not / can't be varied or replaced ...................... with anything we don't know of - I think)
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    "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." "But what is it good for?" -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 "The super computer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." -- Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
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    When I concerted to RAA it was all so simple and easy - no red tape (more pink if anything) If you do have a problem with RAA (or RAA has a problem with you) ............................ you can ring them and you can get personal attention (can't imagine CASA could offer this personal attention or anything close to it)
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    I'm impreseed about page 31 & 32 of the last report the audit reads (appears to me) that the plane was ......................... initially registered as a 'late flyer' ...................... latter hangared and called a 'Raven' (dec 2009) ................... examination of the file then revelaed that the plane was apparently a Cessna 150 (jul 2011 - letter from S Bell tecn manager to owner ? saying rego had been misrepresented - plane then still on VH register) aircraft now off RAA register - CASA and federal police to investigate
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    Go for it guys - all this thrashing might create a solution ......................... please can you advise where you find these audits (seen them ............ but my little brain has forgot)
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    it was a very good opportunity for the apprentice comedians .................. though
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    good landing ................ excellent rudder control ........................... considering
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    Not to familiar with all this regulatory stuff but Maj raises some redeeming points about RAA .................... the following has liberal lashings of optomism: - perhaps RAA is good at what it does - positive outlook - hog tied membership - effective registration (a lot will burr up re rego) etc etc - perhaps we undervalue RAA and what it achieves - perhaps this should be reinforced more when dealing with CASA - perhaps CASA knows this anyway (in for a penny, in for a pound ............... type of thing) - perhaps RAA is in a good place to negotiate a better position with CASA
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    Yes Dr Zoos everything seems to be for sale ..................... and probably there are not many buying. Its all relative though - you sell your asset for not much and hopefully you buy something else for not much it would be an interesting statistic if RAA could publish the 'change of ownership thru sale' numbers (maybe even type as well) I'd say (me speaking here) one of the most fundamental things you need to confirm before you buy a plane is if you can afford it - its easy to say in the short term its affordable but you need to look at the say 6 to 12 year ?? period If you can hang on to it .......................... up to and past this point I'd be guessing the plane is affordable and you can afford it ?
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    good looking tecnam P92 for sale $ 30k - ono ..................... year 1994 ? - 400 hours .......... have to go to Cambodia to get it though
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    good disections Sue and turbo I still find it strange that 2 year time frames for any subs / regos are considered to be to complex or can't be accounted for ..................... my mind is its half the workload so costs should decrease (considerably) half the workload could be relevant to RAA in that they can spend more time doing other things - rather than the annual treadmill
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    you create the impression you know the mechanisms of RAA turbo planner ....... thats always encouraging you touch on the subject of 2 year rego and any paper income shortfall was not a problem - it was costs that were the problem what was then the philosophy from going from 2 years rego back to 1 year ................ then ? (any ideas ?)
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    sorry thirsty .......................... should have said excluding all pokeawallabies (jabirus)
  22. johnm
    agreeance - sort of - to the all above but keep out class distinction ............. we all fly little, lighter than air planes - GA & P51 pilots must snigger when we think we can chop our modest fleet into classes ............... also don't forget the concept of extending rego to 2 years - this must surely be an 'administrative' saving that can / must be considered by RAA - when RAA get all rego's up to speed
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    It would of been interesting if RAA had of decreased their fees ..................... the comments in this forum would then have been also interesting to read (and no doubt every comment would not have been positive) .................. having said that all bureaucracies (and monopolies) seem to have this insatiable need for money and any price increase is only a minor anoouncement or letter away - usually their % age cost increase bears no relevance to the state of the economy or the cost of living I've always thought these organisations and their required fee increases are one of the 'pillar stones' of gauranteed inflation in the community and it's comforting to see that RAA is toeing the line with the rest of 'em
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    whoops i should have said I took this photo 2.30 pm 18.9.13 (not 13.9.13) - so he might have flown in from C Towers berniegh ?
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    worth a snap - fueling - I was on peasant side of fence - it took off about 3.00 pm going somewhere [ATTACH]17554[/ATTACH]
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