never thought it was PB
Interesting to note in a thread in
Reporting Points... topical I thought:
Originally Posted by Bob Murphie
"New CASA Chief signals new course: New CASA chief executive Bruce Byron has signalled a change of focus for CASA to make its operations more relevant and consistent.
In a wide ranging address to a postgraduate seminar at Swinburne University on measures designed to help CASA regain the trust and respect of the aviation industry, he flagged measures including:
Possibly deferring introduction of new regulations to ensure they are optimum for industry.
Scrapping rules that do not reflect the real world or address identifiable safety issues.
Possible changes to monitoring private, experimental and warbird operations.
Improving consistency and fairness, particularly in enforcement.
Reducing emphasis on aviation in Australia being a special case.
A safety review to check whether CASA resources are objectively targeted against real rather than theoretical risks.
Byron said change was needed to build a better and more effective CASA. "I see fences and barriers between the regulator and the aviation industry (and for that matter between CASA and our stakeholders) as being things of the past. CASA has to maintain a suitably independent position in terms of its regulatory responsibilities. But we also need to operate co-operatively with our stakeholders, and with as much harmony and common purpose as is reasonably possible."
Wouldn't it be nice if CAA would adopt a philosophy such as this... still, I suppose the proof of that pudding will be in the eating. Are you West Islanders seeing any of this enlightened attitude in your dealings with CASA yet?
Originally Posted by 27/09
I think the latter is the case
I feared as much. Yes, the Director's political proclivities are a pretty well-known fact. I wonder where he sees them taking him? And in what way does his tenure at CAA advance those ambitions?
Originally Posted by 27/09
Also judging from his bio he wouldn't know what GA was even if he got blown over by prop wash.
ROFPML
'nuff said.
Originally Posted by 27/09
The Campaign Against Aviation is in full flight with no hint of common sense prevailing.
hmmm... best then we don't just be lying about ready to take it up the clacker. Dubious decisions/determinations need to be challenged -preferably by industry
as a whole rather than individually. Wouldn't it be nice if AIA hadn't remodelled themselves a quasi-CAA... this was what they were originally set up to challenge, to modify CAA's excesses and provide a voice for industry within government. Have they forgotten their charter???