Pete Norford

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:00:50 - Early career after joining the RAAF in 1975

keywords: Defence Helicopters Army Search and Rescue Royal Flying Doctor Service Airservices Air Traffic Control

0:04:05 - Variety and difficult landing experiences whilst performing rescue services in remote and rural flood affected areas

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0:07:13 - Accident and investigation experience

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0:09:48 - Experience linked to Community outside Defence and Airforce Air Traffic Control agencies

keywords: Community Accidents Radar Airservices New England Tenterfield Guyra Rockhampton Townsville Palm Island F18 F11 Defence

0:10:27 - How changes in technology have improved the way that vital information is transmitted to Air Traffic Control and Defence radar with Air Traffic Control services, in relation to accident investigation

keywords: Technology Accident investigation Mode Charlie Altitude read-out Air Traffic Control Defence Radio Radar

0:11:44 - Tells stories about working to the rules and some innovative solutions to problems as an investigator and as a pilot

keywords: Rules Search and rescue Cooktown Floods Innovation Evacuations Laura Royal Flying Doctor Service Airservices Defence Caribou Air Traffic Control

0:18:10 - How can younger, less-experienced pilots today draw on same kind of strength, experience and knowledge that his more senior Defence peers currently enjoy

keywords: Experience Pilots Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service Cairns Defence Vietnam Senior pilots Bob Ryder Spyder Technology

0:20:57 - How generational and technological changes affected a shift in employee attitudes

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0:24:21 - Impact of stress during course of his job

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0:26:47 - Stories about search and rescue in Cyclone Tracy

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0:28:42 - Post 9/11 impact on operations

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0:35:04 - Stories about some unusual aspects of his work

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0:37:07 - People who mentored him during his career

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0:38:57 - His management style and stories about most enjoyable and memorable aspects of his career

keywords: Trust Risks Independence Human involvement Stories Search and Rescue Accident investigation Counselling PTSD Humour BASI

0:43:48 - Recounts his personal connection to some fatal accidents, and the way they were managed, which influenced him to push for change in training methods

keywords: Fatal accidents Inexperience Training Change Pilots course Defence Force Academy Army aviation Culture

0:49:08 - Most enjoyable aspects of his career and significant incidents in Search and Rescue

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0:49:46 - Advice to people entering a career in the commercial or Defence aviation industry and his long career in Defence

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0:56:19 - General comments

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0:57:57 - Interview concludes