Very interesting...
Hempel Coroner Report
Recommendations RE CASA
1.That CASA consider immediately disseminating the names of pilots to the industry who have had conditions imposed upon their licence or had their licence suspended or cancelled. As it is a matter of some urgency, the dissemination should be by way of emails.
2.That CASA consider immediately introducing a Register of Pilots which includes reference to licence suspensions and cancellations. That further dissemination should be by way of, a readily available entry on the CASA website in the form of the Register of Pilots, in the CASA briefing newsletter and the bi-monthly electronic magazine ‘Flight Safety Australia’.
(a) The fact that the Register exists should be published as widely as possible and on an urgent basis so that all pilots, airports and related aviation industry members are alerted to its existence.
(b) In the event that concerns are raised by CASA with respect to privacy or confidentiality requirements CASA should be referred to a range of entities which have long published such Registers.
3. That when investigating a pilot’s medical fitness CASA should consider adopting the practice, in the event of becoming aware of an ambulance/paramedic attendance upon the pilot, of obtaining the ambulance/paramedic report and related hospital reports. Where relevant they should also speak to the author of such reports. Those reports should also be forwarded to that pilot’s Aviation Medical Examiner.
4. That CASA give consideration to a review of the ‘culture’ within its Medical Unit of accepting medical information provided by pilots rather than being cautious, in particular with respect to pilots who are at risk of losing their licence.
Commonwealth centralised medical treatment system
5. That the Queensland government give consideration to participating in the Commonwealth centralised medical treatment system (eHealth). That systems records medical data including personal health records, Medicare data, Australian Organ Donor Registration data and Australia Childhood Immunisation Registry data which can only be accessed by medical practitioners. Further consideration should be given to a requirement that Queensland Ambulance Service reports also be included.