From another thread..
Creamy - On a related subject, does anyone have any first hand evidence of a person called "Steve Creedy" having ever produced an original piece of work? More to the point, does anyone have any first hand evidence that a person called "Steve Creedy" ever existed? I have suspicions that 'he' is just an email address that's auto-forwarded to the sub-editor (who is probably 'himself' just an email address that's auto-forwarded to the 'pap content' address used to fill in the gaps between the advertising in the cockie-cage liner).
Gold Creamy..pure gold..
Love the concept, basically the MMSM have an app (call it iRobot Editor, a.k.a Steve Creedy) which trolls for selected subject matter news-bites. Then when it gets a hit it plucks up the relevant article, scrambles the words a little bit and then edits for political correctness etc. Then automatically hits send for online content & print for the following day hardcopy...
There is much evidence to support the iRobot Editor app theory, let us use the SMH article from my previous post as an example:
The transport safety regulator will be forced to undertake fewer investigations and will have less time for industry engagement in the foreseeable future after it cut 12 per cent of its staff earlier this year due to pressure on its forward budgets.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's annual report, released on Monday, said more than 200 years of combined corporate and investigative experience had left the agency after a four-year planning program completed in March showed it could not maintain current staffing levels into future years.
"The decision to reduce our staff numbers was particularly difficult as it was made in the knowledge that there is no contingent workforce of highly skilled transport safety investigators available in the marketplace to be deployed at short notice in the event of a new crisis," ATSB chief commissioner Martin Dolan said.
The safety body was given additional funding for the underwater search for MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared off the coast of Western Australia in March. But Mr Dolan said despite that, there would continue to be pressure on ATSB resources.
Its aviation investigation teams completed 44 complex and 120 short aviation accident and incident investigations during the financial year ended June 30. Among them were a number of serious concerns about pilots flying in conditions of poor visibility, such as the loss of an ABC television helicopter north of Marree, near Lake Eyre, South Australia in August 2011. In that case, the final report found the pilot had become spatially disoriented while flying in dark night conditions.
As a result, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has action in progress to clarify the nature of what is meant by the term "visibility" in dark night conditions and to provide enhanced guidance on visual flight rules flight planning.
In addition, CASA has advised it will require that helicopter air transport operations with passengers at night use either a helicopter fitted with an autopilot or a two-pilot crew.
By the end of the financial year, ATSB had 102 complex investigations underway.
"We have more than 12 per cent fewer staff and we have been required to task some of our investigation and administration staff to the major and ongoing investigations into the two Malaysia Airlines disasters," Mr Dolan said.
"For the foreseeable future, we will be able to undertake fewer investigations and we will need to carefully consider and constrain the scope of investigations initiated. Our capacity for industry engagement will be limited and the timeliness of the completion of some of the investigations currently under way will be an ongoing challenge."
But he added that despite the challenges, he was proud of the dedication and achievements of investigators and staff.
Read more:
Transport safety regulator hit hard by cuts
Not to be outdone (can't be trumped by the opposition) the iRobot (Steve) puts out - some 12 hours later - this...
Air safety investigator warns of cuts to capacity
by: STEVE CREEDY
November 04, 2014 12:00AM
THE head of Australia’s air safety investigator has warned that the internationally respected body will be able to conduct fewer investigations “for the foreseeable future’’ after budget cuts forced it to slash staff by 12 per cent.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau head Martin Dolan also cautioned that some investi*gations could take longer after the bureau had taken the decision to reduce its workforce, losing 200 years of experience.
The bureau still had 102 complex investigations under way at the end of 2013-14 and is leading the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Its staffing difficulties come despite an additional $90 million earmarked by federal government funding for the MH370 investigation.
Mr Dolan said the staff cuts meant it had to combine some functions and its capacity was *reduced in all teams including investigation, technical analysis and research and publications.
“The decision to reduce staff numbers was particularly difficult as it was made in the knowledge that there is no contingent workforce of highly skilled transport safety investigators available in the marketplace to be deployed at short notice in the event of a new crisis,’’ Mr Dolan said in the bureau’s annual *report.
“It was indeed sobering to see more than 200 years of combined corporate and investi*gation experience leaving the ATSB.’’
The ATSB boss said the *bureau would be able to undertake fewer investigations for the foreseeable future and would need to “carefully consider and constrain the scope of investi*gations initiated’’.
Yep definitely firming to your theory Creamy...
While on the subject of the (ir-)relevance of the ATsBeaker - as an effective State run & independent
AAI - it is fascinating that prior to the PelAir (attempted) cover-up, such articles from the SMH & the Australian would have met with outrage from various sections of the aviation community but now..well to be honest does anyone really care??
And to think it all started with a 4corners program and a certain determined independent Senator who dared to refer to the RRAT committee for inquiry...
Even then the powers to be still thought they had the good Senator Xenophon's measure. Remember this from the CAsA FOI disclosure log:
EF12/8481
Dolan Martin <
[email protected]>
Wednesday, 12 September 2012 6:09 PM
Craig Carmody; McCormick, John
Subject:
RE: Sen Xenophon Motion re Pel-Air [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Categories: Important
Thanks, Craig.
At the simplest level, the answers to the Senator's questions are straightforward - and a fair amount of the information is publicly available. We are prepared to answer them in whatever forum they arise (with the exception of anonymous rumour sites and some tendentious bloggers).
Let us know if you need any background briefing on the Senator's issues.
Regards
Martin
Martin Dolan
Chief Commissioner
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
P: +61 2 6274 61441 E:
[email protected]
From: Carmody Craig [mailto:
[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 17:46
To: Dolan Martin; John Mccormick
Cc: Lovell Jaimie; Michael Choueifate; Virginia Kim; Jeff Singleton
Subject: Sen Xenophon Motion re Pei-Air [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Martin/John
FYI.
We are opposing this motion however Sen Xenophon will no doubt pursue in Estimates (or in the media).
Regards
Craig Carmody
Senior Adviser
Office of the Hon Anthony Albanese MP
Leader ofthe House
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
If you required any further evidence that the ATsB is in fact operating in contravention to ICAO SARPs (Article 26, Annex 13&19) and indeed the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003; go no further than this email...
{Comment: It should also not go unnoticed that - as representatives of the State - the Minister & his department are also in fact trying to impose/influence/pressure/have an effect on the ATsB Chief Commissioner in the course of a Parliamentary Inquiry}
MTF...
