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  1. Bennyboy320
    Speaking with a total of 5 hours on GA twins there is no requirement to achieve a positive climb gradient for the second segment, i.e. The remaining engine will only take you to the crash site depending on the weight at take off.
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    Sorry to hear that Peter, the easiest way is using securityid.com.au Fill out your personal details on their web site & get you documents certified at the post office for $4 then email it all to them. It's that easy.
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    Yes sir you are 100% correct, however from their web site they (CASA) will fine you for not having a valid ASIC when required, just looked at the fine, it's $550 each time, still have never seen or been approached by an ARO even after requesting parking information from them as just mentioned by gareth in the post above. Yes I have a valid ASIC which was just renewed, like all my previous renewals (three) it was seamless & took about 10 days to receive my new card from the renewal request, why change things if it ain't broken.
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    This is getting absolutely ridiculous, I mean how many light a/c or GA/RAA type pilots have committed a crime let alone a terrorist act on an airfield that has RPT ops in the last 50 years for example, I think its zero, nil, none, nadah, zilch. What moron would make the process more complicated than as mentioned in a earlier post getting a passport, isn't the terrorist choice weapon trucks these days.
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    Or an L2/L4 as recognised by RAAus.
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    Minor point it's a Vixxen A32 not a Foxbat A22LS.
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    Lets all hope commonsense prevails & the changes happen soon, personally I think it will happen in conjunction with canceling the requirements for an ASIC.
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    Definitely have it in a handy location, if I'm solo it's around my neck, if I have a pax its around their neck & I brief then what to do if required. The GME MT410 was about $320, very easy to activate too.
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    He was the last of the Mercury Seven, "Gods speed John Glenn."
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    On the membership section it only allows me to input hours since when I joined RAAus i.e. 2012, everything prior not counted.
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    Here’s the simple way of understanding the system, I’ll use two examples, the first is my Foxbat. It has an individual 24 bit/ 6 digit hex ID & the flight ID has been locked in as R1234 as an example as this combination will never change,(as per the Air Services requirements,) unless I decide to get a new mode S transponder or change my rego, on domestic flight plans my call sign is e.g. 1234, however my ATC call sign is Foxbat1234 ref AIP GEN 3.4-22 The next example I will use is an airline flight, again the 24 bit/hex code is an a/c’s individual ID, I am flying from Hong Kong-Taipie so when I set up the flight management system I must ensure that the ICAO airline code & flight number up to 7 digits long matches the call sign on the flight plan e.g. HDA486, however the ATC call sign is Dragon486, clear as mud? Now if that original a/c goes tech & a swap is required, no problem the FMS is loaded on the new a/c, the a/c again has its individual hex code & HDA486 would be inserted as above. When ATC look at their scopes they will see that R1234 is a recreational a/c for quick ID & QF1234 is a Qantas jet, have a look at Flight radar 24.
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    Sounds like an epic trip, enjoy
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    Tail draggers are much more difficult to operate, don't worry it'll come with more exposure to them, hang in there.
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    I HATE BLOODY SPELL CHECK:im stupid:
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    When ICAO brought in the language skills requirement there was nothing on anyones licence reference language skills, most companies have people in house now to conduct the tests, in my case Hong Kong locals (who's second language is english ) who have been blessed by the HKCAD i.e. CASA equivalent to conduct these tests, when they were first done some years ago all our pilots were tested by an Oxford uni language boffin, like Robbo mentioned it was no walk in the park.
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    Did my PPL in Maitland in 1980 & most of my RAAF flying out of Willytown, I too was absolutely blown away at the size & number of these open cut mines when seen from the air recently from an airliner, I suppose things change in 30 odd years, maybe the will become prime lakeside real estate one day.
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    My company has a few Aussies that speak no other languages & were assessed as a level 5, the test is taken very seriously up this neck of the woods, it was more of a compression test than a language skills test in my opinion, level 4 required to fly commercially, jeez some of the people I've heard flying airliners I'd give them a level 1.
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    The aircraft was 100% serviceable & doing what it was supposed to, the pilot can always go around at ANY altitude & ANY FMGC mode by manually pushing the thrust lever to the fire wall i.e. selecting TOGA, the same thing almost happened to Jetstar except they didn't crash at MEL 21JUL07 JQ156, both incidents caused by poor systems knowledge.
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    I was waiting for this one to raise it's head, I won't go into describing the flight control laws of the airbus, however the A320 was doing exactly what it was supposed to do at the altitude they were flying i.e. 30' thinking it was going to land, the crew did select TOGA when they realized they were getting close to the trees but way to late & crashed as they were spooling up.
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    Our cadets arrive from Australia/NZ were they do a CPL or MPL with about 150hrs total time, they then do a conversion to the A320 & a full a/c & instrument rating for the RHS, they then complete another 80 sectors on the line with training capt, however most require extra sectors before they are given a final line check to the line, they are second officers by rank & pay, once on the line they have reduced x/w & increased vis/cloud base min, so yes they are wearing the rank of an SO however doing the work of an FO, as you can see this greatly increases the workload for line capt, especially this time of year with TS, typhoons & wind-shear.
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    They do, paid as a SO but doing the work of an FO with the aircraft rating etc.
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    Don't know about the Boeing but on the Bus the standard calls for a go around attached.
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    Been there done that, training some of our 200 hour total time second officers, i.e. our SO's operate as a pilot in the right seat doing take offs & landings unlike most other airlines where they occupy the seat in cruise drink coffee & eat crew meals while doing R/T & the flight log, with these inexperienced pilots they tend to have problems below 200ft in maintaing the aim point or they become fixated on it & have no appreciation of the ground rush & either forget to flare which requires an immediate take over to prevent a hard landing & potential bounce or in my cases they over flare & balloon with the thrust levers at idle, so now you're below Vapp with idle power back at 20ft, you don't have much time but you have to select TOGA (fire wall the thrust levers) maintain pitch attitude don't change config & wait to spool up & accelerate to fly away safely then clean up, on a few occasions we actually bounced on the runway as engines spooled up, whist you are on the ground the config warning also starts blearing away because the computer thinks you are taking off & you are not allowed to do that in config full, so as you can see its a very dynamic & at times confusing maneuver for a line crew, definitely more complicated than a norm go around.
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    Yes we are, my company is doing this an an exercise on our day 2 sim session of our current PC. Makes me feel confident that on the Bus you will get the thrust that you demand, i.e. manually push the thrust levers all the way to the firewall & you get TOGA thrust.
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    Thank you very much everyone for time in answering my question, appreciate it.
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