Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorStop Press
April 23, 1992 0 commentTpc Blames Compass: The Trade Practices Commission’s enquiry into the failure of Compass Airlines has concluded that Australia’s first post deregulation operator “failed because it misjudged what was possible in the Australian market. Its strategy of competing very strongly on price against the two powerful established airlines, despite having only limited capital, was almost inevitably
Read moreIssue 75: April 1992
April 23, 1992 0 commentAn Air of Confusion? Prime Minister Keating’s economic statement has certainly turned the aviation industry upside down. Though it held few surprises, there is nothing like actually seeing the momentous decisions in ‘official’ ink to give them an air of reality. And momentous they truly are. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
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April 23, 1992 0 commentAn Air of Confusion? Prime Minister Keating’s economic statement has certainly turned the aviation industry upside down. Though it held few surprises, there is nothing like actually seeing the momentous decisions in ‘official’ ink to give them an air of reality. And momentous they truly are. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Read moreCivil Register Update
March 23, 1992 0 commentRegister Review The period covered this issue takes us to the end of 1991 with some earlier entries that have not been seen before together with additional 1992 information that has come to hand prior to its release by the CAA. Helicopters again dominate the New Allocations with ten new aircraft listed and one changing
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March 23, 1992 0 commentClear up time. I stand corrected on the exact meaning of “FRM” as used by Qantas pilots relating to engineering fault reports. Replace “for routine maintenance” with “fault-reporting manual”. As stated when I last mentioned the FRMs, the system works using a large white manual which includes nearly every fault possible to find on an
Read moreOne of those Days
March 23, 1992 0 commentTime flies. Forty years ago, three squadrons of the RAN Fleet Air Arm were heavily engaged in operations over Korea, operating from the Light fleet carrier, HMAS Sydney. As a young pilot in one of those squadrons, I think sufficient water has now gone under the keel to be able to relate a tale of
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