Part 61 regulation reform will align Australia with international standards, starting from I think October 2014. (If not, then November 2014) Implementation will provide for long transition times to ensure industry is best placed to meet the new standards. (Current licences and privileges remain valid before and after this date) My understanding from the CASA travelling briefing last week is that new Part 61 Licences (free) will be issued progressively from October or November 2014 as pilots are issued new ratings or get their renewals done by an examiner. For me that will be my Instument Rating Renewal end of October CASA are then required to return the new Part 61 licence showing all endorsements, having been triggered by the Instrument Renewal Process in my case. I guess a PPL will be triggered by his BFR if that requires the examiner to send in any paperwork? I don't know if this will have implications for colour blindness etc. I was told that there will be an opportunity to send in any paperwork that justifies an endorsement that has been left off the new licence but I think that refered to any errors on their part? Ie. If they forget to show a tail wheel endorsement or think it is not appropriate, then you only need to send in a copy of your logbook entry showing this endorsement and they will re-issue another licence. (If this paperwork is sent in within 21 days, again no charge on the re-issued licence) Of course it will take several years for all regulations to be changed over but CASA is confident that they will be simpler and easier to follow with an International Standard in place. On 21 Jun 2014 18:23, "DAVID & JENNY SHEARER" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am one of the " Colour Blind" pilots. I started flying in 1964 and > the only options were day only/ radio only. At that stage lights were still > an option in towers and VHF was just coming in. My career prospects were " > restricted to the carriage of freight only by day." Anyway, like an idiot I > pressed on and by 1967 I had Commercial #4944 and started flying C180's as > a Class2 ag pilot.My career had sort of peaked. > > However, due to Dr. Pape bringing the case to the AAT he won the right to > fly at night. I seem to remember that he held a Commercial plus Class1 > instrument rating at the time. > > CAA or whatever, in their usual way, made it a on off. He then brought a > case of a young helicopter Commercial pilot to the AAT. After a lot of > obstruction and nonsense from the authority, they won the case and everyone > who was flying on the dispensation was retested, god knows why, and issued > with a night flying priviliges.They could have grounded all of us, because > the Commercial required a certain amount of night flying anyway,but no one > thought of that. > I flew my first "legal" night flight in 1997, almost 20 years after I > started working as a pilot. I could now legally night spray. > > The major thing that then controlled your career is the fact that you > could not be in command of an aircraft of 12,500 [ 5,700kg?] lbs or greater > or fly in International airspace. This is still the case today, to the best > of my knowledge ,so most of us have had careers in Ag, or flying aircraft > up to that weight on charter, freight etc. I would imagine there might be > some Fo's in regional systems and obviously helicopter operations present a > fairly level playing field. > > I ceased to fly Commercially about 10 years ago but still drive a Pawnee > on the odd weekend, although like most, find dealing with AVMed > increasingly diificult. > > My point with this ramble is while there are limitations on a pilot with a > red/green deficiency, it is still possible to have a rewarding career in > aviation if you are not interested in heavy jets. Also, the road that Dr. > Tate pioneered is still virtually unique in world aviation. We are out of > step with the rest of the world on this issue, and knowing how we got > there, I doubt we will change. My guess at the back of all of the new > information is the use of "Glass Cockpits" and the subtle factors colour > may play. However, there has been no case of an accident being attributed > to anyone with a "Colour perception endorsement" > > Most people will not be aware they have the problem unless tested. The > ratio is 2 out of 10 males [ Aviation standard] and it is very rare in > women, although your mother carries the deficient gene. > > I was fairly happy with the way it all turned out and hope this adds a bit > to a very misunderstood issue > > Dave Shearer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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