Bonuses and Conflict of Safety
Allegedly some Australian aviation companies provide incentive bonuses to employees that have direct influence over the "shop floor" to the extent of being able to control e.g. what defects will and won"t be rectified on an aircraft.
I have no objection to an individual recieving incentive bonuses, who for example, through clever management practices produces efficiency gains that reduces a company's cost structure.
However this is distinctly different from an individual who directly prevents or controls the level of maintenance being carried out on an aircraft so the "numbers" look good on the spreadsheet to ultimately determine the amount of bonus that the individual will recieve. Obviously this arrangement conflicts with safety but one could understand how a person could be influenced when remuneration is at stake.
Questions that arise, what is the policy of the CASA in relation to these remuneration arrangements and should companies who engage in these practices provide full disclosure via a register of those individuals who recieve such payments and are considered to have direct influence over the operations and maintenance of aircraft?
To determine possible confilcts of safety, is there or should there be specific legislation introduced to empower CASA to investigate if a person who is reportedly adversely influencing aircraft maintenance or operations, is remunerated by way of incentive payments.
Is there any criminal code that would cover the above matter?