Pam,
You said - Captain and First Officer still take full legal
responsibility for their
actions and decisions when operating a flight, and this is correct BUT they
are still under
supervision and management of the employing company (Operations manuals SOPs
etc, his fellow
crew members and even the fare paying passenger.
Your second point reminds me of a book, "Darker Shade of Blue; the Rogue
Pilot" is tremendous reading
on the subject. I had the privilege of meeting the author and discussing the
subject when I was studying Aviation Safety Management several years ago -
the following paragraph is cut from an on line review of this book -
riveting stuff.
Darker Shade of Blue: the Rogue Pilot by Lt. Col. Tony Kern, Ph. D.,
(McGraw-Hill, 1999) examines the fundamental failure of otherwise good
pilots to maintain disciple. Too many aviators who have "good hands" for
flying have bad attitudes toward authority, risk, the immutable facts of
aeronautics, and ultimately their own limitations. This lack of discipline
kills. It kills pilots -- and it costs the lives of crews, passengers, and
people on the ground. Despite the uncompromising tone of Kern's book, the
understated truth is that rogue culture pervades all of aviation.
SDF
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Kurstjens
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2008 6:37 PM
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] rated to fly
I disagree.
Captain and First Officer still take full legal responsibility for their
actions and decisions when operating a flight.
How they handle difficult situations, and how they perform in their
6-monthly sim checks, has more to do with job retention and promotion.
Pam Kurstjens
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Kerri FERGUSON
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2008 5:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia.'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] rated to fly
.............even your 20,000 hour Airline Captain is not an independent
operator, he/she is operating under the supervision of the Chief Pilot
through any number of Check and Training Captains etc.
Supervision maintains safety cultures and standards; good cultures and
standards help maintain our safety record and keeps insurance premiums
down and I don't think anyone could argue against that :)
SDF
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emilis
Prelgauskas
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2008 3:36 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] rated to fly
Thank you Steve
His name isn't Tom, but that doesn't matter. He also has 5000 hours
in Canberras and other interesting military stuff, but the rest is
pretty straight.
When flying check out is done on a performance basis (ie is he safe)
rather than prescriptive basis (ie the federation), he gets his
tickets on merit, by the regulator anointed check pilot.
end of issue
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:04:22 +0930, swk wrote:
>Unfortunately, one of the four, Tom I think it was, doesn't have a
>level 2 ind ops rating.
>It's a bit sad really cos Tom is long time flying enthusiast and
>has been flying for about 35 years, he has retired from full time
>work now and is reasonably well off with time and money, that's why
>the guys actually got together.
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