The pieces.
Three pieces published in the Journal, in reverse chronological order. Listed alongside the advisor's notes that close the catalogue pages, which are not separately archived.
ARGUS, Wyvern, and IS-BAO: the three audits.
Three audits, three different things they measure. What each means when it appears on an operator's profile, and what it does not.
On vetting an operator: the questions the office asks.
The fourteen questions the office puts to every operator before adding them to the roster. None of them optional.
Insurance on a charter: what the certificate means.
A certificate of insurance is not insurance. Five things to check before the aircraft moves.
Selected lines.
Five sentences from the writings of O. Carrington, drawn from the Journal and from the advisor's notes that close the catalogue pages. Compiled by the editor.
ARGUS measures the operator. Wyvern measures the audit. IS-BAO measures the standard. The three are not interchangeable, and a correspondent who confuses them will pay for it on the apron.
A certificate of insurance is a piece of paper. Insurance is a relationship between the operator and the underwriter, and the certificate is at best evidence of it.
The fourteen questions the office puts to every operator are none of them optional. They are also none of them difficult. The operators who refuse to answer are the answer.
An audit, by itself, is a calendar entry. What the operator does between audits is the standard. The office watches the calendar between.
The office's standard for an operator is the standard one would apply to the aircraft if one had to step on it tomorrow with no warning. Most days, that turns out to be the right standard.
Where the byline appears.
one place one will find the Oliver byline, beyond the dated pieces above.
Read elsewhere.
Other bylines on the Journal masthead. For the full list see the Contributors page.
By return of post.
A short note from the office whenever O. Carrington publishes in the Journal. No more than three or four notes a year, by the editorial calendar; some years rather fewer.
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