Hey all. One thing that came out of the survey we did was some indication that persons may be reluctant to report aviation safety, security or technical breaches to an employer. This was of course very prominent at Jetstar. In my role I often get members calling me about things they have seen and I always ask - Did you report it? Quite often the answer is no for various reasons. Some of them include -
- I don't want to become a target
- There is too much paperwork involved
- I don't know how to
- They never do anything anyway
- CASA don't care
The Aviation Unions Federation are looking at developing an Industry wide confidential reporting scheme. One simple sheet that you fax or email into us. It is then directed to the appropriate union for reporting within company systems, CASA or the ATSB where appropriate.
The unions could then continually follow up the breaches and demand processes be put in place so the airlines couldn't sweep all their problems under the carpet.
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and maybe some input into the key things that should be included in a simple confidential reporting form.
cheers
Steve P