Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Yep. The recent invention of ATSB’s ‘long standing’ policy not to investigate mid-air collisions of the kind near Gympie in late 2022 was not the product of an unwillingness of government to fund investigations. It was the product of ATSB’s inability to attract and keep the people it needs to do timely and expert investigations of even the incidents ATSB says are its priority.
Yet another reason to pray even harder for no VH-registered RPT hull loss and that this week has been a random group of unrelated, non-systemic events.
That’ll be all about the management achieving KPI timelines. If you cut down on the number of investigations, you can shorten the turnaround time on those incidents being investigated. If something in a large outfit seems odd you can guarantee there’s a KPI driving it with a bonus at stake.