Bob Tait
Bob Tait
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New Fuel Requirements

Yes, we have updated all of the e-texts and practice questions to reflect the new fuel requirements. It's really only the variable reserve changing t...

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Re: Ambient Conditions

The regulations (CAOs) are not very specific about this. However the common sense approach would be based on the following. For take-off, always...

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Questions - CMET

It is the average wind speed. Forward flank downdraft is cool and moist while the rear flank is warmer and dryer Turbulence occurs below the inv...

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Questions - CMET

The cloud type is cumulus, so there would be thermal activity below the base, there would be some turbulence immediately above the cloud because of th...

7 years ago
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ECHO accuracy

I have no further information on this accuracy business. If you can find a 'buddy' who has studied or is studding the subject it might be helpful to ...

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Changes in wind direction over land and sea

Hello Raji I think you will find that the Bureau of Met book says that the wind speed over the sea is reduced [i][b]TO[/b][/i] two thirds of the grad...

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meteorology must know stuff

You will find that the questions in the book concentrate on the material you need to know for the CASA exam. Bob

7 years ago
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HPL

According to CASA, failure to select anti-icing would be a handling error (anything that involves the pilot operating switches etc). The threat would...

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Minimum holding requirements

The traffic holding requirement is 30min for aircraft that are not capable of Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM) operations. PRM is a system of precis...

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Provision of TAF

The AIP has been amended many times since 2016. That is one of the burdens that we must bare. You are correct, the answer should now be (a). Thanks...

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PEC

If PEC isn't applied, you must add 50ft to the DA. AIP ENR 1.5 para 1.19.3. So in both cases you have given above, PEC has not been applied, so you ...

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Just a pass?!

The other problem is the tendency of many students to 'learn the questions'. By trying to memorize practice questions by rote, some students go into ...

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Fuel conversion factor

You can't go wrong if you use the conversion factor in CASA's ERSA CON. That's .72. It can only be an approximation anyway, because fuel is a blen...

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Lowest descent level

An RNAV/GNSS approach is conducted by reference to the GPS only for both distance and tracking information. You do not have to be current on that pro...

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Answer discrepancy Simple 1 in 60 from the WAC

There is nothing wrong with your reasoning. Sometimes, a measured distance may not be a whole number and that could give you a slightly different ans...

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