Wow! Potentially the biggest change to the Australian Aviation Industry in a generation and not a single reply? really?
This is an agreement being negotiated by governments, behind closed doors with absolutely NO input from the aviation industry (for Australia's position). The potential ramifications of which will only be felt after it is signed, sealed and delivered; with no going back. This has the potential to override Bilateral Agreements, Australian Law, CASA regulations (oversight and determination) and see potentially thousands of aviation jobs vanish, all under the guise of "free trade". Lets not even go into the potential aviation safety ramifications as we lower ourselves to world standards (ie. minimum).
Wake up people! This is not a conspiracy theory, this is real! Write to your Unions, write to your Federal MP's (not that they would even comprehend what is happening)!
My take is that the Aviation Agreement of the TISA is central to a US/European led move to block Middle Eastern Airline expansion. Unfortunately, Australia is a mere pawn in the game (which our government negotiators don't appreciate) and our relatively small aviation industry has the most (pretty much everything) to lose.
Anyway, back to more important stuff like a pi$$ing contest over the ability to fly a visual approach from SHEED!
Last edited by The The; 18th Jul 2015 at 11:40.