"RST Engineering" wrote

Sorry Jim, I should have prefaced my post with "In Australia".


Well, your premise is incorrect. As the PIC you are allowed to fly from
California to Maine with your wheels an inch above the terrain so long as
you 91.119(c) stay 500' away from any person, vessel, vehicle, or
structure.

As mentioned in another part of the discussion, here in the Land of Oz we
have a rule (CAR 157) that you can't fly below 500' AGL unless:
- Landing, taking off etc.
- Stress of weather
- Undertaking training with an approved instructor
- You poses a low flight endorsement
- You're a crop duster pilot
- You're crashing

Btw, over populated area's it's 1000' ...... Australia, the land that
legislates the bleeding obvious!


And they aren't a "Test Officer". They are a Designated Examiner.

Down here they are a "(CASA) Approved Testing Officer" or ATO. CASA is the
Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
http://ioa.casa.gov.au/scripts/ATO.asp


Somehow I think this is a troll thread.

Nope, just a pilot with an opinion. Trolls try to stir up trouble and
"typically" morph their email address to make it hard to kill file them.


Name the guy. Name the FSDO from which he operates.

Nope, not gunna happen. Especially since I don't know what a FSDO is!


As a retired examiner, I can tell you that you cannot ask or require the
examinee to do anything illegal. Now he can ASK would you fly below xxx
altitude around here? And if the answer was yes and clearly illegal, then
you are correct, exam over.

Here in Oz it is illegal. I think we are in violent agreement!


Cheers,

David

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