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Old 2nd Apr 2013, 07:08
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“It's astounding; Time is fleeting; Regulatory madness takes it’s toll..”

MOIE said: As Beaker would say "It's just a ministerial jump to the left, and a mi mi mi mi to the right, put your hands in a trough"......
Just had a vision of the Ferryman, gobbles and crew doing the timewarp aboard the housboat on the river Styx…hmm sort of fits I think!

“Anyway to the thread dear Watson”!

scrubba I too am a lover of history and research! Your, yet again, insightful post #1372 shows that you also do your homework:
my vague recollection was that senator X was pushing for whistleblower protection to enhance reporting but the atsb was saying that there was no problem because they didn't just give the info to anyone! of course, that was a problem, because they had already embarked on giving CASA almost all of the information they received and CASA had already completed its enforcement actions by kicking DJ into touch while assisting Pel-Air in its voluntary recovery program

Which makes me reflect back on this statement from the DAS (25/02/2011)…“Perhaps over a year ago, there was an unfortunate incident off Norfolk Island where an aeroplane was ditched. We actually started our activities and our action much sooner than we would have if we had not had that MOU in place”…

Just surmising but I would say that the DAS was testing the waters to see if there was any interest in the Pel-Air ditching investigation. And because he had now had time to absorb the ugly implications if the ‘Chambers Report’ findings were to come out!

Also had to laugh at one of Senator X’s QONs and the hypocrisy of ‘he who must not be named’ answers in light of the Pelgate inquiry:
Topic: Operator resources
Hansard Page/s: Written Question
Senator Xenophon asked:
As a rule, our system of government gives significant leeway to operators to run their
businesses as they see fit. As regulators observing some of these operations, how do you:
a. Pick the threshold below which the system fails for lack of resources?
Answer:
There is no single specific threshold.

b. Assess whether some ambitious manager seeking to please his or her boss has
not just sown the seeds of future dysfunction or disaster?
Answer:
The assessment of key personnel, SMS and other regulatory requirements ensures CASA is satisfied that an operator fully understands their safety obligations. (yeah right..snigger, snigger)

c. Train your staff to make appropriate assessments?
Answer:
CASA inspectorate staff are required to complete core regulatory courses and ongoing
specialised regulatory training for their given discipline.

To be fair to the DAS and 'he who must not be named' it was a bit late to turn around and say..

"well actually one of our most trusted lieutenants has come up with a report that revealed we really dropped the ball with the oversight of the operator involved in the Norfolk Island ditching.

However because we commissioned that report we now have a clear insight and have manufactured a robust MAP (Management Action Plan for Sunny)specifically drawn up to address our deficiencies in surveillance and oversight of operators like Pel-Air..spin..polish the turd..etc.etc..blah..blah..blah"

...especially when you've already rogered the pilot and allocated that 89 million dollars extra funding to the GWM and potted plants retirement fund.

I mean FFS poor FF apparently didn't even have enough spare coin to help their poorer 'brothers in arms' fund the recovery of the CVR/FDR...
no I can understand where they were coming from...not!

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