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There is absolutely no doubt that the preliminary report into the extraordinary actions of the pilot in command – Captain Marwoto Komar (45) – of Garuda flight GA 200 that led to the crash of the Boeing 737-497 at Adi Sucipto Airport, Yogyakarta, on March 7 2007 killing 21 of the 140 souls aboard, including
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Remember Years Ago When Australians Appeared to Take Pride in Being an Airminded Nation Where Aircraft and Pilots Had a Special Place in Battling the Tyranny of Distance? This Was Probably Always More Myth Than Reality, but It is Really Being Brought Home These Days by Airports and Airport Owners’ Attitudes to the Aviation Industry.
Governments and Aviation Those Depending on Aerospace for a Living – or Life – Might Examine the Lowly, Fragmented Representation Civil Aviation Now Gets at All Government Levels. Only Four State Transport Departments Exist, None Purely Aviation, One Lumping Aviation in With Arts, While Federally There is No Stand-alone Transport, Let Alone Aviation, Department. This
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Continue to pay peanuts and the monkeys lose interest and move away. That could well be a description of the current job situation with pilots around Australia, and yet some people still seem to think that if you want another pilot you just call out “next”. This content is
The words ‘pilot shortage’ are being heard more and more frequently throughout the global aviation industry, and particularly in Australia. Throughout the country, we are faced with a critical shortage of pilots, engineers, and operational staff, with services being withdrawn, individual flights being cancelled, and experience levels being lowered, but with (at least to date)
