Yes
T28D you have it right.
The real purpose of CASA is to protect the federal government from legal liability arising from any aviation related matters. They have tried to do this by insisting that pilots, engineers and operators spend hours and hours documenting everything they do, and keeping these records for a long period, in case CASA wishes to prosecute them. It does not make sense to see a LAME sitting at a desk doing paperwork most of the time. They are so pedantic that they have lost the respect of the industry.
It appers they also believe that they have the right to manipulate the industry by using (or misusing) the pedantic rules to affect parts of the industry commercially.
There are lots of dispensations, exceptions, approvals stc.
We have rubbery rules.
T28D has it right. Australia's reasonable air safety record has been achieved because it is too costly to have a prang, and those organisations that do usually go out of business. Safety is achieved by the peolpe who work in the industry doing their jobs well. You cannot "regulate" safety.
We are all part of one big team, and for good healthy, safe operation we must all work closely together, with two way communication and co-operation. This has not been happening for some time. I believe we should have a bulletin board similar to PPRUNE for pilots, engineers operators,CASA, ATSB etc to talk to one another, informally
Maybe PPRUNE is as close as we can get.
I wonder if CASA is a suitable organisation to supervise and co-ordinate this. In it's present state it probably is not.The word "Authority" should be removed from it's title, as this generates the wrong type of thinking that is more appropriate for the military. It should be replaced by the word "service" which is what the industry needs.
Maybe the "Civil Aviation Service" could do it better.
Last edited by bushy; 21st Jul 2008 at 07:51.