Yes top post Creamy...
That’s why I keep saying “the non-major party aligned Senators”. That
includes The Greens!
The next time the government asks The Greens for its ‘wish-list’ in return for support for some government legislation (as has
already happened with the ‘debt ceiling’), what is the risk to The Greens and how hard would it be for them to add to the list: “Finalisation of substantive actions to address the recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into Aviation Accident Investigations”? You might find this a revelation, but members of The Greens may have the smarts to work out that it’s in the public interest for those recommendations to be properly addressed.
Speaking of Creamy's “non-major party aligned Senators” and all that?? I see that Senator X has definitely not given the game away when it comes to the PelAir report, from QONs index
:
142 ATSB 02
XENOPHON Pel-Air (written)
It is now over four years since the ditching of VH-NGA off Norfolk Island, and nearly seven months since the committee issued its report on aviation accident investigations. Has the ATSB formulated a response to this report?
a. If so, please provide a copy of the response provided to the Minister or department.
b. Will the ATSB be implementing any of the report’s recommendations? If so, when?
c. In particular, will the ATSB be withdrawing its report into the Pel-Air incident and conducting a further investigation?
d. Does the Chief Commissioner still maintain the ditching was the fault of the pilot, and that there were no systemic issues involved?
143 ATSB 03
XENOPHON Pel-Air
The ATSB recently completed a review of loss of separation incidents in Australia, and concluded that issues with military ATS were primarily to blame.
a. How does this compare with the CASA review of Airservices Australia, which found serious regulatory breaches and resulted in CASA revoking ASA’s ongoing approval? Isn’t this in contrast to the ATSB’s findings?
b. Given the findings of the Pel-Air report, what confidence can the Australian public have that the ATSB was thorough and rigorous in its investigation, and did not seek to mitigate any impact the investigation may have on CASA or Airservices Australia?
c. Does the ATSB acknowledge that the significant failings of the Pel-Air report, and the lack of response to those failings, puts the ATSB’s reputation at risk?
144 ATSB 04
XENOPHON Pel-Air
I note that the Canadian TSB has been commissioned to undertake an independent review of the ATSB’s reporting processes.
a. Who commissioned the review?
b. Why was the TSB chosen, and who made that choice?
c. What is the process for the review?
Regardless of the "differences of opinion" and in order to support Creamy's
one glimmer of hope with the NAS come July '14 IMO it is about time that the IOS put the blowtorch under one Minister Truss and held him to account on his rhetoric back in May:
...“MINISTER Anthony Albanese (swap Albo for Truss..
) must urgently respond to the recommendations flowing from a Senate Committee investigation into a ditched Pel-Air flight off Norfolk Island in November 2009,...
...“The recommendations, handed down last Thursday by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee in their Aviation Accident Investigations Report, make disturbing reading....
....“The Report raises serious issues of process that must be addressed. Minister
Truss must restore public confidence in our accident investigatory bodies and deal with the concerns raised in the Inquiry as a matter of urgency...”
So Minister get on with it please??
ps And if you can't handle the heat Minister maybe you should get off the pot and let Barnaby have a crack..TICK TOCK!