The survey, conducted by Airservices Australia, questioned pilots involved in airspace infringements. The questionnaire was part of a joint effort by Airservices, the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Australian Department of Defence to increase pilot awareness of the risks associated with violating airspace boundaries, especially with increasing numbers of drone pilots entering some sections of airspace.
The report on the survey, published in the May issue of CASA’s FlightSafety Australia magazine, did not specify how many pilots were questioned or when the survey was administered. Most of the respondents were on private flights, and the pilots had an average of 3,052 flight hours, the report said.
In addition to pilot distraction, another frequent cause of airspace infringements was the misreading of charts, the report said, adding tha…
