Hmm...could someone check the Miniscule's vitals as he hasn't blinked in quite a while??
While the horse trading, back room deals and Senate crash course is attended by the new Senators, the Miniscule is otherwise engaged...
Meanwhile in his office the CVD elephant continues to put on weight, the ASRR & UAV elephants have taken up smoking the Miniscule's prized cheroots and the PED elephant has gone on a hunger strike.
The rest of the herd has taken up residence in the Miniscule's waiting room pondering the view of the Prime Ministerial courtyard with all that lush, green grass...
So while we continue to wait..
I thought a couple of passages from the AMROBA latest newsletter may help while away the time and perhaps shine a light on what the Miniscule (& his masters) have to ponder, before the Miniscule blinks...
TRUSST comes before JUST CULTURE, which comes before NATURAL JUSTARSE (hey Red take note mate..):AMROBA Newsletter Date 30/06/2014
Quotes from Article: AVIATION SAFETY - HUMAN FACTORS
We are so well informed about “just culture” one wonders why there is so much speculation about the kind of regulatory environment that will provide the safest working environment in every sector of aviation.
Much of what is in the Aviation Safety Regulation Review Report’s recommendations and proposals, is the application of human factors that is theorised in human factor guidelines by ICAO, IATA, etc., etc., and have been recommended for years.
Whenever ‘distrust’ exists between any level of management then there is a safety concern. For instance, if an airline is having industrial issues with its staff, this is an alarm bell for regulators to monitor safety issues more closely during this period.
This will continue until an aviation “just culture” has been re-implemented and safety becomes the main concentration of the airline and its staff.
If the whole industry, including governments and regulators, adopted human factors as depicted in all the training and transcripts that is orated, then the openness and transparency that is crucial in a “just” culture would have both the regulator and operator/ organisation working together to overcome any safety concern or deficiency.
The Forsyth Report repeats what was included in the Plane Safe Report:
“The committee was dismayed by the denigration, venom and viciousness of the evidence. This attitude of mistrust if not mutual contempt between the participants places a heavy load on CASA in fulfilling its statutory function of promoting higher safety standards through education, training, advice and consultation".
It is time to return to the international safety system where trust, openness and transparency exists between regulator and those regulated.
It takes all involved to improve safety and the Forsyth Report has clearly identified how mature effective regulator safety inspectors should carry out their functions and responsibilities.
All in all the AMROBA newsletter is worth the time to read and contemplate what happened before..
..to what may lay before us...
That's
IF (big IF) the Miniscule chooses to adopt the recommendations of the Forsyth report or..
...(IMO) pending doom for any resemblance of a sustainable, flourishing GA industry...
TICK...TOCK Miniscule, the new Senate sits Mundy...