Thread: CASA latest edict a bit savage ?

Refer to :- Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Consultation Draft ? CD1425SS

Only five hours into my RA-Aus Pilot training and it's not looking too bright for hour number six.

It seems that the rate of Jabiru engine failures has reached epidemic proportions, and CASA intends to save us all... by effectively grounding all Jabiru - powered aircraft except those flown by fully-qualified pilots -and under limiting conditions.

Since between half and (more like) two-thirds of all RA-Aus. flight training is conducted in Jabiru powered aircraft... this would impact heavily on these organizations, and Recreation Aviation in general.

My information is, - correct me if I'm way off - is that there were +90,000 Jabiru flights so far this year, of which 0.03% have involved an engine incident of some sort.
This makes less than 30, our of 90K, and no fatalities from these.


Am I paranoid, and this edict a bit heavy-handed, - or are there other factors driving CASA's reactions ?

The question of engine failure was raised by the Instructor .... - on the Trial Instruction Flight. Indeed, reaching 600' AGL and he'd started telling me the engine out on take off procedure...
I learned more in that 40 minutes than in the previous 3+ hours with 3 GA flights/Instructors.

I'm very comfortable with the RA-Aus standard of training and approach, and my decision to take this route. IMHO, better than the 'other'...

EDIT :- Good News, just got confirmation for my next 2 hours... )