The reporter provided the following comments in relation to this report: Both the airline and the regulator being one and the same in this country, provided their standard response being that it is legal. I of course always imagined that was always going to be the case. I don't think I, or anyone else, have ever made a statement to the effect that they were not operating within the proscribed rules of the regulator. My claim still is that we are being made to operate more hours than are being accounted for. That is still the case and has not been addressed by any party involved. CASA has…

The airport operator has confirmed that the apron repair works have been completed.

The ATSB questioned the ONRSR on whether the Category A incidents had been reported. The ONRSR responded that this could not be verified, but the ONRSR has included this concern in their audit and compliance work program with the operator for 2016.

The operator released a memo to their pilots advising them how the simulator duty time is to be calculated and that accommodation was available to flight crews in Brisbane if they required. It also reminded them that Cabcharge was available if they felt fatigued. REPCON questioned the operator regarding which training flights the 1.5 factoring was applied to, and for details concerning the duty free day after simulator training and the seating upgrade for the travel back to base. The operator advised: As per the operations manual section 3.11, the factoring does not apply to line training or…