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Changing the scope of the Civil Aviation Act We all know how cumbersome, complex and onerous the existing aviation regulatory suite is. Surprisingly, CASA is not wholly to blame. However, in the final hectic rounds of preparing the operating CASR Parts in an effort to have them out the door by years end we are

Qantas chief technical pilot Capt Alex Passerini On 2 July, 2018 Qantas’ fifth Boeing 787-9 arrived in Australia. Having completed the 12,390km journey from Boeing’s Payne Field to Sydney, the aircraft carries the registration VH-ZNE and proudly wears the name ‘Skippy’. Bringing the aircraft ‘home’ to Australia is the culmination of not just the construction

Is becoming an airline pilot the right job for you? We have prospective pilots popping out of the woodwork, and I am thrilled about that, the industry needs you. The recent robust PR offensive has raised the profile of what was once, a career just for the cream of the crop and is now a

A pilot’s journey, then and now As pilot recruitment kicks into overdrive across Australia, many young women and men are weighing up their career options. Full page advertisements and a social media rush are announcing the benefits of flying for a living and highlighting the varying paths that one can take to find a seat

So you want to be an airline pilot? There are two quotes that stand out from the aftermath of one of the most significant episodes in Australian commercial aviation this century: the saving of Qantas Flight 32 and its 440 passengers and 29 crew after an uncontained engine explosion and subsequent multiple systems failure. First:

Delivering better outcomes and other lessons of the pel-air ditching This is the final in a series of five articles by Ben Cook, where he has revisited the ditching of the Pel-Air aircraft off Norfolk Island on 18 of November 2009 – looking at the numerous human factors that influenced the tragedy. In this article,