AsA TIBA/TRA/OPR Restrictions

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What about the ATSB, DROPS?

(1) The ATSB’s function is to improve transport safety by means that include the following:

(a) …;

(b) independently investigating transport safety matters;

(c) identifying factors that:

(i) …; or

(ii) affect, or might affect, transport safety;

…

For the purposes of this Act, a transport safety matter … includes something that occurred that …. might affect, transport safety.

Surely the ATSB understands that the continuous use of TIBA and TRA and 'NOT AVBL' NOTAMs as ‘workarounds’ for systemic air traffic control personnel problems is an occurrence that “might affect transport safety”.

If there is no possibility of any consequence for transport safety in all this, the ‘Temporary’ should simply become permanent and the personnel problems are solved.