Plane Talking – Sandilands.
In relation to the unsafe state of air traffic control in Australia, the ATSB report says:
We are continuing our work to understand and mitigate the number of breakdowns of separation (BOS) and losses of separation assurance (LOSA) in air traffic control. Although the rate of these occurrences this year was broadly reflective of earlier years, we continue to examine individual occurrences in order to prevent their recurrence, but have also initiated a safety research investigation to bring the results of completed investigations together and compare their results with each other and the overall occurrence data set. To date, no significant, systemic safety issues have been identified as a result of our ongoing assessment of BOS/LOSA occurrences.
In fact, the ATSB produced in the year to June a series of reports into air traffic control failings which identify incomplete recurrent training issues in occurrences that have included controllers forgetting what they were doing and vectoring airliners into converging paths, in some cases annotated by the second and complete with diagrams that bring the performance of ASirServices Australia into disrepute.
The ATSB appears to operate to a unique meaning of the word ‘systemic’ given the fact that is has identified recurrent and entrenched issues in AirServices Australia and some air operators which it has chosen not to label as ‘systemic’.
We have safety problems in this country, and we have a problem with their full and frank disclosure.
Enough distraction, peoples lives are at risk, not just the passengers. Not to worry, CASA will sort it, you watch.
PS. Not many 'other' trades end up with a criminal record for a stuff up. ATS is just one of the lucky ones, bit like pilots really. Oh, Don't feed the trolls. K.