AHIA- Australian regulatory reform progress (?)
AHIA is puzzled by CASA Register showing the helicopter industry is entering a recession after decades of steady growth?
Growth has stopped. The growth rate at 30 June 2014 was 7.8% a typical figure for past decades. Since then it has slumped to 0.5% and if the CASA Register continues to report the current decline the RW industry register will enter ‘a recession’ just prior to the Avalon International Airshow 2015 in Feb/Mar.
AHIA was warned by HAI in 2014. Peter Crook and Rob Rich attended the US based Heli-Expo 2014 early in 2014. They participated in the Helicopter Association International’s Affiliated Member’s Forum (102 members). The primary complaint from national bodies such as Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, to mention a few, was the problem of aligning themselves with the new EASA protocols.
All those who were ahead of Australia in this process (especially aligning the commercial operations. We are entering this phase late in 2015) simply said: “Don’t do it ……..you are crazy” or “Why the legalese on top of such complex rules??”
Unfortunately the rules are now being enforced by EASA and we have noted adverse comments arising from recent media reports indicated many nations are having problems.
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