Is this financial blackmail, Personal blackmail or simply business blackmail??
How many actions by casa are on an AOC or MA are just "economic" and not related to safety matters and could be properly dealt with on a discussion basis??
This is particularly in the case of Central Maintenance and casa [
Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Central Aviation Pty Ltd (corrigendum 9 February 2009) [2009] FCA 49 (6 February 2009) ]
This resulted in a set of conditions, which effectively changed the relationship of Central’s ownership and business workings as a condition to allowing the maintenance authority to continue.
These conditions were set out by the Tribunal as follows, [when casa disallowed the owner to be the "LAME"]:
1. Central Aviation must employment on a full-time basis a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer (the LAME) acceptable to CASA;
2. The LAME must supervise all maintenance activities and conduct all certifications for maintenance as required by and in accordance with Schedule 6 to the CAR;
3. The LAME may organise another appropriately qualified and licensed engineer (other than the first applicant), who is listed in the Register of Appointed Persons in Central Aviation’s Procedures Manual: To supervise and certify all maintenance carried out by Central Aviation during any periods when the LAME is absent due to sickness, leave or personal commitments;
4. Central Aviation must employ an appropriately qualified, independent auditor (the Auditor) acceptable to CASA;
5. The Auditor must conduct comprehensive quality and safety systems audits on a 6 monthly schedule and provide a report to Central Aviation within two weeks of the completion of each audit;
6. Central Aviation must cause a copy of each audit report to be provided to CASA (Sydney Region Office) concurrently with the provision of the report to Central Aviation; and
7. Central Aviation must employ a technical records clerk to maintain the maintenance data necessary for all operation.
Full reference is at Federal Court: Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Central Aviation Pty Ltd (corrigendum 9 February 2009) [2009...
Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Central Aviation Pty Ltd (corrigendum 9 February 2009) [2009] FCA 49 (6 February 2009)...
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