Marc Joel Atrero

People Jane Corbett-Jones has taken over the PR responsibilities of ATI for NSW, replacing Tony Hill who is now manager of PR for TNT International. Sandra MacPhee is Ansett’s first Director of Sales, while Graham Hunter has been promoted to Director of Airport Services. The FAC has appointed former Qantas sales manager William Bryant as

General Aviation Industry Outraged by Latest Caaimpost: Just when it was satisfied that the bogey of the CAA’s Safety Tax proposal had been satisfactorily dealt with, the General Aviation industry – commuter and charter operators, flying schools, and authorised workshops – has been dismayed by recent proposals announced by the CAA to recover the costs

Macchi Wing Repair Abandoned: Plans to repair the existing wings on grounded RAAF Macchi MB-326H jet trainers have been abandoned following the discovery that the repairs will not result in a 100% safe wing. It was also discovered that some of the cracks could be accessed only by destroying the wing. However, this does not

New Props for Mohawks : Aircraft shedding propellers is fortunately a rare occurrence these days, but one of regional operator Southern Pacific Airlines’ Nord 262/Mohawk 298 aircraft suffered the problem in February. The aircraft had just left Sydney for Tamworth when the propeller parted company with the rest of the aircraft, forcing a safe return

Boeing to Shed More Jobs: The announcement by Boeing that it will reduce the production rates of its airliners (refer p6 Mar 93 AA) has resulted in the expected flow-on of loss of jobs at its major production plants. Overall employment will decline by about 23,000 in 1993, of which 15,000 will be in Washington

Raaf Ct-4A Air trainers to Go to Public Auction: Just the news many a warbird enthusiast and flying school operator has been waiting for is the announcement that the remaining RAAF CT-4A Airtrainers are to be publicly auctioned. To be managed by specialist aviation auctioneers, Pickles Auctions Pty Ltd, the auction will take place at