At 06:12 AM 2/12/2017, you wrote:
So the LAW provides that after 40hours of
tuition and post solo flying a PPL(A) holder
can throw his wife and kids in a plane and fly across Australia.
What makes gliding so special? Why does only 10%
of power time count towards an independent
operators ticket when your glider time counts 100% for a PPL (CASR 61.070)?
The accident statistics expressed as
accidents/fatalities per 100,000 hours are
flawed when it comes to gliding. The hours flown
in gliders supplied to BITRE by GFA are clearly
a fabrication. The latest published report is 2013:
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It is generally acknowledged that there are
less than 700 gliders with Form2's and
consequently capable of being flown. If 700
aircraft flew 182,500 hours the average per
aircraft is about 260 hours per aircraft - obviously BS.
The best guess estimate would be closer to
40,000 hours in which case the accident rate would be 3 to 4 times higher.
These assertions are supported by the BITRE report from 2004:
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Note that the hours per aircraft are around 60
hours per annum (even if all were airworthy) and
the hours per launch is around 0.7.(by 2013 this
had doubled) Note also the consistent decline in
the hours flown and the lack of statistics for 2000 -2004.
It can only be concluded that any accident rate
claimed for gliding is not based on fact and is
most likely 3-4 times higher than claimed.
So everybody here is OK with silly restrictions
on experienced pilots imposed by a system that
cannot even maintain quality or discipline on the
instructor body? Or report honestly to the government when required to.
That Beverley crash (I won't call these
accidents) is disgraceful. As was the Ararat
crash and a similar crash with somewhat less
tragic outcome at Beverley a few years before
that. How many more of these instructors are lurking in the system?
Mike
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