A Queensland pilot illegally flew politicians from Katter’s Australia Party around for four years under an unlicensed airline, court documents have revealed.
Josh Hoch, 36, was jailed over the scheme but on Friday won an appeal against his sentence in Queensland’s Supreme Court, where details of Flying Fitters Pty Ltd and Hoch Air Pty Ltd came to light.61 of the flights were for Bob Katter, Robbie Katter, or Shane Knuth, who were all Katter’s Australia Party MPs at the time.
There was also one flight for the Electoral Commission of Queensland, where Mr Hoch transported election ballots following the 2015 state election. “The applicant used what he perceived as a loophole … to expand his business operations when he was charging on a commercial basis rather than limiting himself to sharing the costs of the flight with his passengers,” Court of Appeal documents state.
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