tered aircraft with a GA instructor. Then I could
fly my RA-Aus registered aircraft in controlled air-
space. But seeing that the test is of the pilot not
the aircraft, why can’t an AFR be carried out in
any aircraft?
SUMMARY
Three things come out of my efforts to gain an AFR:
- I am of reasonable intelligence but appar-
ently I was unable to understand CASA regulations; - My assessment of what was required was
incorrect because I followed a referral from a regu-
lation dealing with certain ultralight aeroplanes to
a regulation that dealt with other types of aircraft.
It seems strange that such a referral was ever in-
cluded in the regulation. Not knowing that I had in-
correctly interpreted the regulations there was no
reason for me to approach CASA for a ruling; - When I did contact CASA on another sub-
ject, two CASA representatives gave me different
answers.
NOTES FOR CASA
The way CASA regulations are written may be al-
right for lawyers to understand but they are near
impossible for recreational pilots.
If regulations are open to interpretation and
can’t be easily understood what is the point of
even reading them? I appreciate CASA regulations
have to have all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed but
CASA has to understand that they must also be
readable and not open to interpretation.
In this day and age, the use of electronic docu-
ments allows them to be downloaded from the
internet. Regulations could be made much easier
to read if hypertext is used for acronyms, abbre-
viations and referrals. The reader, if unsure of their
meaning, could get the required information without
leaving the regulation by clicking on the hypertext.
When we all pray from the same book then
God may allow us to see the light. But until then,
CASA will continue to confuse us with unreadable
regulations.
From RA-Aus - The definition of an Australian reg-
istered aircraft or aeroplane appears in various
legislation, ranging from the Civil Aviation Act 1988,
the Civil Aviation Regulations and the Civil Aviation
Safety Regulations. As a result confusion exists as
to whether a flight review conducted in an RA-Aus
aircraft by a dual qualified Instructor (GA and RA-
Aus) for a dual qualified pilot (GA and RA-Aus) can
be used for revalidation of a licence under CASA.
We are in the process of requesting an official legal
interpretation and will advise the outcome.