BIGSTU1
brushing things under the carpet is a polite way of saying by doing nothing the problem will go away. This is the way that CAD management has been treating incidents for years. the time is long overdue for a seperate Air Safety Investigation Department to look into all incidents and make recommendations direct to the Transport Minister as is done in the U.K, U.S.A, Australia and many other ICAO signatories. Hong Kong is a member of that group so why is CAD allowed to investigate itself?? With 1200 take off and landings and 1100 overflyers every 24 hours hours, Hong Kong airspace is now very busy. with an increase in the movement rate, there is a corresponding increase in the incident rate and this has definitely been the case in the last 12 months together with the introduction of the new radar system. Why does senior CAD management now require all incidents to be regarded as
confidential and locked in a confidential file and demand silence from staff?? Unless the
media is alerted to an incident, things are kept quiet and "brushed under the carpet". There is a lack of transparency at CAD and things need to change. The American 777 that had the loading fire some weeks ago, it was reported in the media that the fire originated in the vehicle. Why did CAD send a memo to airline operators in Hong Kong within 48 hours re the carriage of lithium batteries within cargo pallets?? The fire would have caused a catastrophe
if it had occurred a few hours later in flight. Jeremy Tam from Legco has been tracking CAD for a long time, perhaps you should contact him for further details about the mode of operation of CAD.
good luck.