Originally Posted by
grizzled
And that, dear friends, is the inevitable result of a lack of oversight. A problem we are seeing more and more in countries that used to have well-funded, well staffed and well trained regulators.
I heard the Head of TSB Canada speak at a conference last year. She commented that they were seeing an increasing incidence of ineffective regulatory activity in all domains, citing examples of deficiencies in an operator's management, training and SOPs where the regulator was aware but had failed to intervene.
She also said that SMS worked where there was an ability to identify problems, the capability to fix them, and the organisational commitment to do so, but that it all needed to be overlaid with balanced regulatory oversight.
It is always worth remembering that 'oversight' has two meanings: one refers to supervision, the other refers omission. Some NAAs appear to be elevating the latter concept to an art form.