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  1. coljones
    can you cite the authoritative source?
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    You may well find a lack of malicious intent in quite a few cases of manslaughter but that doesn't necessarily mean that those found guilty shouldn't get a custodial sentence.
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    No, not pollywaffles. Though it is character building the first time. You learn to set full flaps but leave your hand on the handle for a few moments to ease the bang if it releases.
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    Inspections are part of doing the job just the same as proper training to do the job correctly the first time.
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    Once you get beyond early manufacturing and assembly faults the failures will be reduced but will gradually increase in rate due to wear and tear and stress and operator error until some critical component fails and brings down the whole lot. It is a bathtub failure curve.
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    I am using the Android version on a 7" and 9" Nexus. It works well for me. Setting and flying the plan are quite easy. There are some things we are still waiting for but product is still very advanced. There is not enough in it to make me want an apple.
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    Oh ye of little faith!! The train to Sydney airport works ok. The biggest complaint is the airport station access fee which can make it cheaper to hack a cab to the city if there are more than 2 people. The biggest money spinner at an airport is the parking - The operators wouldn't give a rat's if there were no planes at all.
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    Flying high: Pauline Hanson, James Ashby and the plane
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    The taxpayer doesn't pay for election expenses, except by way of a fixed per vote contribution and tax deductions to people/organisations making donations (did you agree to your company propping up politicians - or should they stick to their knitting?)
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    Vehicle GPSs have the smarts and are valuable additions to a driver's navigation toolkit. There is nothing quite like driving through the centre of major cities around the world. On a smart phone, Google maps does a pretty good job. I have a Sydney Street Directory somewhere but I now use Google Maps or OzRunways to give me a good sense of where I want to go and a Garmin to get me there.
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    You forgot the owners of the freeways and their political bagmen
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    The efficacy of the NBN impacts on delivery of "Sport Pilot". Is it a crock on its own or does OPTUS have shared responsibility for poor download speeds of the electronic version of "Sport Pilot"?
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    And you died on the tools without any hope of susso, health care or a pension.
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    What aircraft can I fly if I am flying with a RAMPC? If you hold a private pilot licence and are using your RAMPC, you are limited to flying recreational aircraft only and only by day under VFR. Recreational aircraft are: › single-engine aircraft › certified for single-pilot operations › certified with a maximum take-off weight of no more than 1500kg › not rocket or turbine powered. If you hold a commercial or air transport pilot licence and are using your RAMPC, you are limited to the privileges of a recreational pilot licence. from https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net351/f/_assets/main/lib100191/rr61_medical_fs.pdf
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    RPL doesn't give you CTA Access unless you have the training and the tick. You can fly PPL with RAMPC but you are limited to I pax, less than 10,000 feet and day VFR (and I think SE, 1500Kg) unless you have a 2nd pilot.
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    The reliability of any comms network is vastly more impacted by domestic re-arrangements (renovations) and roadworks than mere corrosion. Copper is also very good for keeping the service going despite being exposed to the elements but glass doesn't like being stretched or bent. Moral - don't poke the bear.
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    but if you have diabetes or insulin resistance you will figure in the matrix- so sometimes it is better to work out what the matrix wants, do the tests and get your licence a couple of months earlier (given the probs with getting in to see a specialist.
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    I was being a bit sarky - if there is a quid in it for the non Telstra players they will provide a service - if they are doing it out of the goodness of their heart, they don't have one. Telstra has a statutory obligation to provides a service - basic telephony. I think it is time that the gument (ACCC) set the dogs onto OPTUS to force them to provide a proper service.
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    I traded off "perfect" for faster internet. You can't always get what you want, particularly if someone else is subsidising it. Talk to OPTUS, no public servants there and always willing do give customers quality services.
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    Sounds like a typical outsource contract - same with private enterprise - as any subcontractor or personal service contractor.will tell you. The failure of both the public service and private enterprise to maintain a suitably qualified informed client is a tragedy. It has vendors continually providing what the vendor wants to provide rather than what the client needed. We have this in NSW where the new train tunnels are deliberately made too small so as to suit the tiny mind of politicians and advisors.
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    My two bob's worth. The track Forrest, Ceduna, Broken Hill is almost the same, within a mile, of the Forrest, Glendambo, Broken Hill track. The track via Ceduna puts you much closer to active airstrips like Nullabour, Ceduna, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Peterborough. If you track via these points you will only add 19 nmiles to the track and be closer to road and population.
  22. coljones
    Thanks Ben and Ian, you had me worried for a while. Your explicit support is most welcome - intransigence by CASA is not!. Cheers
  23. coljones
    I can't think of a better place to go into it!! If the situation is hung out to dry here then there is the possibility that one of our members might have a sensible discussion with CASA and AvMed when next they are having a quiet beer. It seems that you and Ian you are in support of change but you keep muddying the waters with your naysaying - other than the current law, can you see any reason why a properly RAA qualified and endorsed pilot with a medical fitness to hold a drivers licence can't/shouldn't fly into controlled airspace?
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    maybe you should be supporting the push for change rather than rolling over to the denizens of AvMed.
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    Are you suggesting that glider pilots and parachutists are now under threat? Given the current pushback from AOPA and RAA I would be confident that 90% of pilots would be very happy if CASA came to the party with a far lighter touch in medicals.
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