In the most recent draft of MOSP 3 (19 June 2015), a new requirement has
been added in by the GFA. A form 2 now lasts only for the lesser of 250
hours, or 12 months (Section 11.3.2). Particularly for clubs with high
use two seaters, this is an extremely expensive burden. For example, at
Southern Cross, this means we'll be almost doubling our Form 2
inspections across the fleet in any given 12 month period. Our DG1000
will be probably subject to 3 most years.
Is anyone aware of the rationale behind this change? Considering most of
these high use gliders are already subject to 100hrly and/or 3 month
inspections, it seems like an extremely expensive exercise that is will
not make us any safer. These gliders have been operating for years or
decades with a single yearly main checkup.
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Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/
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