Sarcs...
Q/ Were we the first ICAO signatory State to submit notified differences to, the freshly minted, Annex 19 i.e. SSP??
Probably. And Australia had plenty of time to think about the new Annex 19, too.
Some items of interest from the
ICAO HIGH-LEVEL SAFETY CONFERENCE 2010 held in Montréal, 29 March – 1 April 2010
SUMMARIES OF DISCUSSIONS
Topic 2.5: Implementing new safety management process
44. There was unanimous support for the establishment of a new Annex [19] to the Convention dedicated to safety management responsibilities and processes…
Also, and relevant to the PEL-AIR investigation debacle...
Topic 3.2: Safety initiatives arising from recent accidents
61. In summarizing the discussion the Chairman outlined the conclusions reached:
…
b)
that it is not acceptable that an accident cannot be completely investigated due to the lack of availability of the recorded data [my bolding]. As a result, ICAO should pursue as a matter of high priority a review of SARPs and guidance materials with the aim of proposing to States for consideration any amendment which would be necessary to ensure that the data necessary to support investigation of accidents are available,
including provisions for the recovery of data and information from flight recorders [my bolding]…
List of Participants
AUSTRALIA
MCCORMICK J. CD
FARQUARSON T. ACD
TIEDE A.H.R. ANC
ALECK J. D
BOYD P. D
BROOKS L. D
DOHERTY J. D
EVANS P.K. D
MACAULEY K. D
I wonder how much that little jaunt cost Australia?
The management clowns at the ATSB mustn't be aware of the summary for Topic 3.2 re recovery of data from recorders, and it makes the differences filed by Australia for Annex 13 re resource limitations look pretty bloody stupid I reckon, particularly when you look at the previous ATSB involvement of the last of the listed participants.
The mind boggles.
