advo-cate
16th Feb 2012, 04:37
Went to the CASA seminar at Wagga last night - but I just cannot understand why CASA does not "come out" and be honest about what they expect of an operator.
In the discussions that arose there was no discussion raised by CASA on CAR 217 check and training, safety management systems, DAMP, Fatigue management, AOC compliance or any of the matters that arise around an active AOC.
The example used in the CASA presentation (an active country AOC operator using a Chieftain and a Metro), depicts just the people that the industry does not want and is doing it's best to weed out.
It would appear by the presentation that CASA still expects these people to be "out there", but is not saying how it is working to deal with these types of matters.
The seminar did cover the following:
Air Safety and Basic Human Performance
And from the CASA web-site, which says: "Aviation safety is critical and at the centre of this complex aviation system is the human. Humans play a critical role in aviation and must perform to high standards consistently. However, to be human is to err and on occasions humans violate standard operating procedures reducing safety margins. Find out more about error and violation and the way humans perceive the environment around them, perceive it, attend to it, compare it and then recognise it. This is how we think and process information. Want to be fooled by illusions?"
Well Mr. CASA - Don't just blame the poor old pilot, but put this in the co-operative space it should be - Operator, pilot, Owner, regulator.
Be honest about your role, and don't expect the pilot community to go along with the "show cause" notices, when you can't even do this type of presentation as more than a one-sided directed "show".
In the discussions that arose there was no discussion raised by CASA on CAR 217 check and training, safety management systems, DAMP, Fatigue management, AOC compliance or any of the matters that arise around an active AOC.
The example used in the CASA presentation (an active country AOC operator using a Chieftain and a Metro), depicts just the people that the industry does not want and is doing it's best to weed out.
It would appear by the presentation that CASA still expects these people to be "out there", but is not saying how it is working to deal with these types of matters.
The seminar did cover the following:
Air Safety and Basic Human Performance
And from the CASA web-site, which says: "Aviation safety is critical and at the centre of this complex aviation system is the human. Humans play a critical role in aviation and must perform to high standards consistently. However, to be human is to err and on occasions humans violate standard operating procedures reducing safety margins. Find out more about error and violation and the way humans perceive the environment around them, perceive it, attend to it, compare it and then recognise it. This is how we think and process information. Want to be fooled by illusions?"
Well Mr. CASA - Don't just blame the poor old pilot, but put this in the co-operative space it should be - Operator, pilot, Owner, regulator.
Be honest about your role, and don't expect the pilot community to go along with the "show cause" notices, when you can't even do this type of presentation as more than a one-sided directed "show".