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  1. Keith Page
    Some of these little solo schools the instructor is the CFI. Thruster88 you are saying it is OK so am I. However someone in their wisdom from head office thinks it is a good idea to wind back on these solo schools, that is what I am on about. KP
  2. Keith Page
    Why has an instructor got to join a larger school? Why can't he stay where he is? People know the instructor and do not have to travel. Imagine people coming into Toowoomba from Charleville as Downunder suggests they will give up. Leave it all alone and promote the small establishments. KP
  3. Keith Page
    Well stick consildation up their nose. KP
  4. Keith Page
    There you have answered it, enforcement and control, that is the last thing we need. Part time instructors -- I think would be more inclined to be up to date as all things flying would not be a chore as these people would read the bulletins more diligently. KP
  5. Keith Page
    F_T...Have a look at Mt.Isa what is there? Like the pollies taking everything out of the regional and rural areas and plonking it in the GSE. Like RAAus, to me, looks like things are gravitating to Canberra. Well that is a long way from Weipa. While we are up there what about Mareeba and Mt. Surprise? KP
  6. Keith Page
    F_T You have missed a very big point, so hence it is quite obvious you live in the GSE. What about those small schools like Roma, Longreach even see there is a small school in Cunnamulla. Those organisations service a small clientele and imagine if these people had to travel to the GSE to do their flying. Isn't RAAus for sport and recreation. These remote schools the instructor is only part time as the instructor has to have another job to survive as instructing/flying is basically a hobby. KP
  7. Keith Page
    Jim McDowall.. Safety is not that hard.. What is "HARD" hard to suffer is the boffins who jumped on the band wagon and made an industry and a career out of "SAFETY" These "Safety Boffins" have got in the ears of the bureaucrats and convinced them that is way to go, the bureaucrats and pollies brought in all this safety legislation. This mob are living on grant money paid for by us tax payers, this crowd are the ones running about telling us what we got to do. Safety is not an actual being it is a product of.............Culture + System + Procedure = Safety So when one is teaching, develop these good habits and there is safety without all this hype and noise we have to suffer. Culture is so important, I see there is more emphasis being put on culture. Culture is the way how we do things planning and looking out for each other. KP
  8. Keith Page
    I do have concrete evidence.. However the point of this post is to get you all to be awake to this pending plan. KP.
  9. Keith Page
    Downunder there is the problem you have in one. ..(NO succession).. For any organisation to survive there must be a succession plan. The conductors of this plan are the people who are currently at the teaching end of the organisation. These older instructors which are the smaller schools they have evolved from the AUF days this is the talent which is going to be lost. Just think for a while these people started pre AUF and in this bunch of instructors, they have come from other fields e.g. *Airlines *Ag Pilots *Sea planes just to name some. Now just think hard ----- where has this new crop has come from, I will not say a thing, you be the judge and be honest with yourself. For succession to succeed:- *The egos must go *No micro managing let the people who really know what is going on do the work *No managing from head office *No micro managing and being disguised in the mist as "Safety" *Develop a culture not point scoring disguised as "Safety". Just look at all that, which new instructor would put them selves through all that stress and interrogation, all their enthusiastic incentives will go and never return. Take a lesson from Cricket Australia. How is that going to be fixed? KP
  10. Keith Page
    That is the quote I received -- apparently it is costing too much to do an audit on these small schools. So close them is the go. Crowd the South East Corner is the way to go, I will not elaborate on that point but read your own interpretations into that one. I hear and see reported Australia will need a big number of pilot to service the aviation industry, so wouldn't it be better to encourage all these small schools to increase their number of students. What better place to start is the quiet country areas just to get the feel of the aircraft or worry about what else is in the air as well I do like that old Kevin Wilson telephone song, "You here to help not to make it hard" or terms to that effect. KP
  11. Keith Page
    I hear there is an attempt to close the small flying schools. The regional and rural areas cop it again. If it is not a government then it is a sporting body. To me this an attempt to move everything into close quarters for the South Eastern corner of Australia. Makes life easier for the Lobster and Latte' set. "Decentralise", is the go. KP
  12. Keith Page
    Do not get dis-heartened regarding the 820kg max. It may be acceptable to placard the aircraft, nominate the weight category , that is the winning stroke. It is happening at the moment, with the Jab 230 or 430. (VH or Numbers). KP
  13. Keith Page
    Wonder why? Find an answer or that.. KP
  14. Keith Page
    I actually had a look at Maryborough airport this week and it had no welcome feel about it, so what is the draw card.? With all those fees and charges how well will fuel sails go. KP
  15. Keith Page
    Looks like more expenses need to be itemised so we have a clearer idea of how the funds are spent. KP
  16. Keith Page
    Told you that there will be a school there. Must say it took a while. KP
  17. Keith Page
    Jim the implementation of Part149 which announces what the Part149 organisation is going to operate and Part103 is how it will be done and run. Those both parts are implemented by the government of the day, hence CASA will be moving more to an overseeing role. The overseeing role is what CASA is supposed to be doing -- advising the government of the day. Accepting an external audit that is what the government of the day is supposed to do. KP
  18. Keith Page
    That is how CASA wants Part149.. Put ICAO into the equation, then it becomes a different equation. ASAO is a different animal to the CASA wishes so the control will be deminished and to have ones audits compliant to Part 149, the organisation can have the ICAO compliant audit conducted by a non Australian authority.
  19. Keith Page
    Yep---------the good old exhaust note would answer a lot of questions. KP
  20. Keith Page
    Would it be better teaching a culture, procedures, systems....(Safety as the sum of all those) e.g.. this is how we do things around aircraft. KP
  21. Keith Page
    Yep a good set of systems and procedures is needed for prop work. Not just "Safety" it tell us nothing........ "How are you going to perform the task with out a dangerous occurrence?".....Is the culture we have to develop. We have to perform prop work, can not be ignored. KP
  22. Keith Page
    The engine settings are in the appropriate sections and it is relatively easy to navigate to the location. One must understand what is meant by the descriptions so to avoid doubt go along to a work shop. As I do believe the only way is a hands on work shop as we have to be sure how people are interpreting the information. Visual verification is impetrative to have the correct interpretation. The hydraulic lifters need a hands on approach to know what is going on. Just to recap I believe one must go along to the engine course instead of something on the internet. KP.
  23. Keith Page
    I do highly recommend the course. How Jason gives his knowledge, is a no fuss format. """""""""""""""""It is an Australian engine.""""""""""""""""""""""""". The extra knowledge one gets out of attending clearly demonstrates what we do not know. What hit home for me is all the misinformation which is out in aviation land. The persons who espouse this knowledge and they think they are the experts, people are taking this stuff as gospel and it is far from the truth, and these people are in positions where innocents listen to them. (Do not doubt these espousers or you will get a tongue lashing). Go along Bruce you will not regret it. KP
  24. Keith Page
    Yes Frank, Was worth every cent to me. Probably $150 less for me, not so far to fly. The gained knowledge is no burden to carry and ever so useful. KP
  25. Keith Page
    Yes Frank.. We are completely disregarded for our knowledge of the Jab engine, not even acknowledged. To this day I still have a grin to myself regarding the unique quirks of the Jab engine, and these experts thought their views were gospel. No wonder there were problems. The said fact regarding those problems it is these experts who are espousing their expert "knowledge". Every engine is unique so it is not a case of one size fits all, so work with its uniqueness. KP
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