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It is hard to say where the information link is breaking down but it seems extraordinary that everyone else appears to know about problems at Boeing before corporate Boeing itself. In June this year, when the latest 787 delay was announced Lufthansa CFO Stephan Gemkow was quoted as saying: “I’m sure again the delay of
New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AJY Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk 19807 12/8/09 Peter Smythe, PO Box 49 Greenwith SA 5125 A29-99 ET620 41-35974 BQF Beech 95 B55 Baron TC 2228 4/9/09 Christopher Mahoney, 8 Kanangra Cove Port Macquarie NSW 2444 N6051D BVW Diamond DA42 Twin Star 42AC151 4/9/09 Hawker Pacific, Locked Bag 172 Milperra
At a recent firefighting conference, AAAA raised the issue of non-aviation qualified personnel – mostly government agencies – seeking to mandate certain operational aspects of aviation that clearly compromise safety. The best example is a government tender that requires operators to fit and monitor five radios as well as a mobile phone while on duty
FIFO riches The Barrow Island LNG project has dominated the headlines, but two on the other side of the country bear a look. Gladstone’s proposed LNG hub is estimated to generate up to 18,000 jobs. Similarly, the coal and seam gas rich Galilee Basin in central Queensland just west of the Bowen Basin near Alpha
The latest figures from CASA indicate that overall there are approximately 5,000 less CASA licensed pilots in the fiscal year ended 6/2009 than there were for the year ended 6/2004. This column did not do a pilot numbers survey for the year ended 6/2008 but those figures are included in this issue. The last survey
What a difference 12 months can make. At last year’s RAAA Convention many operators were seriously worried about the future, and with good reason. The cold winds of international recession were beginning to blow. Demand for seats and freight was slowing. Credit from the major lenders was down to a trickle. By early 2009 two
