Bob Murphie
25th Oct 2007, 05:49
Browsing a Jan/Feb 2004 edition of Australian Aviation today and noted the following.
(Byron appears to have identified problems, but would anybody care to give this bloke a report card on achievements to date);
"New CASA Chief signals new course: New CASA chief executive Bruce Byron has signalled a change of focus for CASA to make its operations more relevant and consistent.
In a wide ranging address to a postgraduate seminar at Swinburne University on measures designed to help CASA regain the trust and respect of the aviation industry, he flagged measures including:
Possibly deferring introduction of new regulations to ensure they are optimum for industry.
Scrapping rules that do not reflect the real world or address identifiable safety issues.
Possible changes to monitoring private, experimental and warbird operations.
Improving consistency and fairness, particularly in enforcement.
Reducing emphasis on aviation in Australia being a special case.
A safety review to check whether CASA resources are objectively targeted against real rather than theoretical risks.
Byron said change was needed to build a better and more effective CASA. "I see fences and barriers between the regulator and the aviation industry (and for that matter between CASA and our stakeholders) as being things of the past. CASA has to maintain a suitably independent position in terms of its regulatory responsibilities. But we also need to operate co-operatively with our stakeholders, and with as much harmony and common purpose as is reasonably possibly."
(Byron appears to have identified problems, but would anybody care to give this bloke a report card on achievements to date);
"New CASA Chief signals new course: New CASA chief executive Bruce Byron has signalled a change of focus for CASA to make its operations more relevant and consistent.
In a wide ranging address to a postgraduate seminar at Swinburne University on measures designed to help CASA regain the trust and respect of the aviation industry, he flagged measures including:
Possibly deferring introduction of new regulations to ensure they are optimum for industry.
Scrapping rules that do not reflect the real world or address identifiable safety issues.
Possible changes to monitoring private, experimental and warbird operations.
Improving consistency and fairness, particularly in enforcement.
Reducing emphasis on aviation in Australia being a special case.
A safety review to check whether CASA resources are objectively targeted against real rather than theoretical risks.
Byron said change was needed to build a better and more effective CASA. "I see fences and barriers between the regulator and the aviation industry (and for that matter between CASA and our stakeholders) as being things of the past. CASA has to maintain a suitably independent position in terms of its regulatory responsibilities. But we also need to operate co-operatively with our stakeholders, and with as much harmony and common purpose as is reasonably possibly."