Whats wrong with making a aerodrome licence certificate holder responsible for the provision and accuracy of the information pertaining to their aerodrome?
There are aerodromes who up until recently had threshold coordinates that were wrong by hundreds of meters with no response from the aerodrome for years.
If aerodrome licence certificate holders are not taking their responsibilities seriously then why should AsA? All this reg does is pressure aerodrome operators to take it seriously. And if they dont then damn straight they should be removed from the book as well as the approaches.
Its not Airservices responsibility to do it for them.
Yes the restructure forced the hand but the publication if CASR175 means it was coming eventually. I didn't hear anyone screaming when the NPRM was issued.
Like motherhood and apple pie, complete and accurate aeronautical information is an objective good.
But whoever it was who decided that a substantial number of accidents and incidents have been caused by incomplete or inaccurate information published in relation to the thousands of aerodromes/HLSs/ALAs on the list has no grasp on reality. That disconnection from reality is confirmed by the fact that whoever it was also decided that the way to deal with the risk of incomplete or inaccurate information is to get people to nominate the ‘criminals’ responsible in advance.
What a surprise that the outcome is instead crickets chirping and unintended consequences including a reduction in safety.