Theres a couple of lovely lines in this that are obviously there to make themselves seem in the right and backed up by others such as:
"On 22 February 2013, the Federal Court of Australia made an order prohibiting Barrier Aviation from conducting operations."
Oh ok...what about the later decision to have this reversed? No mention of that...funny...
"Following the Federal Court order and the completion of CASA’s investigation, CASA was not satisfied that Barrier Aviation would not operate aircraft with known defects if allowed to resume operations."
Once again, a bit odd considering that by all accounts the Federal Court Ordered Mediation between CASA and Barrier to work these problems out and get them going again has apparently been completely ignored or de-railed by CASA who have instead decided to yank their AOC.
Could this all have something to do with Barriers latest post on March 4th on their Facebook page? Funny how this is posted on a Saturday, probably noticed by CASA when they return to work on Monday and 2 days later their AOC is yanked...:
"To Our Valued Customers,
We want to give you a brief update regarding the grounding of Barrier Aviation. As you know it is has been well over two months and we are still going through the process with CASA.
Our biggest concern is that CASA are not obligated to speed this process up, but we of course do want to resolve this as soon as possible. We at Barrier Aviation haven’t asked for any special treatment, just a timely resolution to the issues at hand. We have fully co-operated every step of the way and continue to do so, but it is reaching a point where our business will not be able to recover from this unreasonable and lengthy grounding.
We think that the issues CASA has raised could have been dealt with professionally and without the ambush on Christmas Eve. We were ready then and still are ready now to deal with CASA on a co-operative and professional basis; there should have been no reason to be grounded. Regrettably we have been forced to place our customers in such an inconvenient situation.
We also appreciate all the support our wonderful staff have given us at this difficult time. They are all aware of what is going on and are still standing by us at this time.
If you feel that it is appropriate, can we ask you to email or fax your Federal Member asking that our case be heard and resolved promptly.
We hope to be able to give you more positive news in the near future.
We cannot fully express the gratitude we feel for the incredible support that continues to flow from throughout Cairns, Cape York, the Torres Strait and the Darwin and Gove area from our customers, the aviation industry and our staff.
Kindest regards,
David Kilin
Managing Director
Barrier Aviation Pty Ltd"
I hope this all makes its way to the Senate Inquiry, no one, whether in the right or wrong, should have to face this, our own law system is completely designed around this, Rapists, Pedophiles, Murderers, Thief's, Con-artists, Politicians, all get their right to defend themselves in a Public Court of Law and have that decision upheld (Lets not get into appeals and the various appeals they can have...).
Someone somewhere gets Murdered, the Police do their job find a suspect and arrest him based on information they have. So far completely above board and correct. That Man has his day or days in court, he does the right things, hires a lawyer, defends himself as he believes he is innocent. The Judge hears both sides, deliberates and decides that the evidence was enough for the initial action but upon further investigation he is not the one responsible but did play a part and should be counseled for current problems and released. Yay for the Judicial System. HANG ON A SECOND, what are the Police doing putting him back in Handcuffs and taking him back to jail? "Screw you Judge, we don't care, we're putting him back in Prison anyway till he confesses to the crime"... well ain't that a B***h. Good thing the Police don't operate like CASA do.