What a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello pprune people, this is my first post on a site that until now I have never had a lot of time for. This is no reflection on all of the users, just something I did not feel I needed to be involved it.
WELL THAT ALL CHANGED THIS MORNING!!!!!!!!!
My FO showed me the posts in this latest CASA fiasco, and I saw red. Who do these CASA people think they are, or more to the point, who do these CASA people think we are?
What right does CASA have to release a document then as it may be a bit controversial when compared to their next policy document, delete/hide the entire document from the monthly CASA Briefing.
I am an avid reader of this monthly report and most times I find something of interest in it. I too read the document referred to by Crack Up, and it wasn't until I was shown this thread today that I realised the implications of just what CASA has done in this case. By removing the previous document (has this ever happened before...I doubt it!), they paved the way for their new policy in respect to interposed third parties. What a sham, if it's going to cause any grief to the new head man, hide the document away until we put the new policy into being.
I find it quite disturbing that manipulation of this sort is used by our regulator. Should they not treat us with some respect, and let us form our own opinions without trying to manipulate our minds. Both documents are related and need to be considered together, or better still, one should be deleted from CASA's agenda, and the real helpful reform pushed through sooner rather than later.
Come on John, continue on with the reforms that work so well in the USA, and don't get caught up in petty politics with your staff. Surely with your experience and obvious credentials, we can move our industry forward without delay. You put your name to the document, then stifled it's usefulness pandering to your staff.
Who got to you John, a big player who is losing 2 or 3 passengers a week to a little guy trying to eek out a meagre living in this retched financial climate. Give the little guys a boost not a kick in the pants! Bring in the reforms you put forward in May, and get rid of this retched useless "Policy" that will only knock a few more operators out of the skies.
I have been a "little guy" (a long time ago) and I know that they have to use all available resources to get a dollar, and that sometimes means pushing the boundry's as far as possible. I am happy to hop into a little single or twin at any time, they are maintained by proffessionals (all that I know at least) to proffessional standards set by CASA. The Big Bird I drive now is probably newer than the little guys fleet, but I don't think maintained to that much greater standards that shows the little guy to be unsafe. We all have to crawl before we walk, give these guys a chance or we won't have a GA sector much longer.
Cheers, JD
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