Officers have noticed a “spike in bad behaviour” at major airports this year, the AFP says, charging 347 people with 408 offences in the year to 9 April, and 1180 people with 1442 criminal offences over the past 12 months.
According to ATSB director of transport safety Dr Stuart Godley, while both pilots had made the required mandatory calls on the local common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF), the Cherokee’s pilot had mistakenly called Mildura’s runway 36 “runway 35”….
A source with knowledge of the situation said it was never Bonza’s job to pay the leases on its fleet of 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which have sat grounded since Tuesday after being repossessed by the lessor, AIP Capital.