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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found the private operator of the Essendon Airport largely ignored modern safety standards when it built a shopping centre close to the runway.

The south-east Melbourne airport has been accused of degrading its capacity as a working aerodrome in favour of commercial development.

Jul 30, 2021 – 4.55pm Save Share After 32 years flying for commercial airlines, Rod Anderson considers himself one of the lucky pilots to have been stood down by Qantas. The A380 captain is still doing what he loves, albeit in a much smaller aircraft. While awaiting a return to his day job, Mr Anderson flies a Beechcraft baron two days a week for Little Wings, a charity that provides free flights to sick children and their families to and from their homes in regional NSW to attend medical ...