Appears to be true, every example of a student from Bankstown I have encountered was terrifying. They were woefully inept, remarkably low IQ, and had barely a grasp of the English language. All of them were foreigners too. Makes me wonder if you guys have any Australians left down there. I'm sure that Karen's and Daren's virtue signalling on Facebook for social good boy points about how happy they are with the foreign food are having a field day though.
re: Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly???
Your English language skills are so poor it terrifies me that you're operating an aircraft in Australia. This is a shameful display of the low bar of the CAA these days.
I completed my CPL and ME-IFR out of Bankstown. I then logged over 1000 hours teaching VFR students. The essence is to look outside the cockpit when approaching any airport and particularly an inbound reporting point such as 2RN (radio mast) or Prospect Reservoir at a busy GA training centre. With so much available as pilot aids, GPS and Traffic Warnings, it is too easy to be distracted by what's displayed INSIDE the cockpit while the actual danger is OUTSIDE. Under VFR, the PIC is responsible for separation. 2RN is difficult to see in some conditions but the instructors (one is each plane) know the cues for finding it and need to explain that to the students, all while looking outside the cockpit!
I am a student pilot as well - learning helicopters. Now I suppose we could have an airport in the middle of nowhere, but how do you get there?? Bankstown isn't close (I live near the City), but certainly closer than Camden. I mean, this is Australia and we fly here. So... where else to go???
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re: Bankstown
🔗 Fri, 29 Dec 2023
— @drlexwinter at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
Appears to be true, every example of a student from Bankstown I have encountered was terrifying. They were woefully inept, remarkably low IQ, and had barely a grasp of the English language. All of them were foreigners too. Makes me wonder if you guys have any Australians left down there. I'm sure that Karen's and Daren's virtue signalling on Facebook for social good boy points about how happy they are with the foreign food are having a field day though.
re: Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly???
🔗 Fri, 29 Dec 2023
— @drlexwinter at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
Your English language skills are so poor it terrifies me that you're operating an aircraft in Australia. This is a shameful display of the low bar of the CAA these days.
incorrect position
🔗 Sun, 30 Jan 2022
— @adidas at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
incorrect position
re: Story about midair collision
🔗 Fri, 23 Dec 2011
— @MooneyMike at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
Reply to @david:
I completed my CPL and ME-IFR out of Bankstown. I then logged over 1000 hours teaching VFR students. The essence is to look outside the cockpit when approaching any airport and particularly an inbound reporting point such as 2RN (radio mast) or Prospect Reservoir at a busy GA training centre. With so much available as pilot aids, GPS and Traffic Warnings, it is too easy to be distracted by what's displayed INSIDE the cockpit while the actual danger is OUTSIDE. Under VFR, the PIC is responsible for separation. 2RN is difficult to see in some conditions but the instructors (one is each plane) know the cues for finding it and need to explain that to the students, all while looking outside the cockpit!
Where else to go and practice/learn how to fly???
🔗 Sat, 26 Feb 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
I am a student pilot as well - learning helicopters. Now I suppose we could have an airport in the middle of nowhere, but how do you get there?? Bankstown isn't close (I live near the City), but certainly closer than Camden. I mean, this is Australia and we fly here. So... where else to go???
Story about midair collision
🔗 Thu, 18 Dec 2008
— @david at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
This is a bit sensationalist, but it suggests that the VFR routes into Bankstown are too restricted for the safe flow of traffic:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24821548-23349,00.html
Bankstown
🔗 Sat, 25 Aug 2007
— Anonymous Flyer at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
Too many sausage factory air schools here
where I have done my first solo flight
🔗 Thu, 02 Aug 2007
— @Yannick at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
I am a student pilot at Schofields Flying Club based there
Where my plane is hangared.
🔗 Wed, 18 Jul 2007
— @sasben at Sydney Bankstown Airport, Australia Reply
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