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Not strictly Air Niugini but I notice in todays Oz that the PNG CAA is advertising for a whole raft of positions:
Chief Operating Officer
and
Executive General Managers for Flight Safety, Aviation Services and Stategy and Future Directions.
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There is a familiar name there to anyone thats been in this game for more than the last few years.
Chief Operating Officer
and
Executive General Managers for Flight Safety, Aviation Services and Stategy and Future Directions.
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There is a familiar name there to anyone thats been in this game for more than the last few years.
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All part of the soon to come finger pointing when failing the ICAO audit, and failure to implement the suggested changes from the last audit.
Heads will roll and fingers will point.......... watch this space.
Heads will roll and fingers will point.......... watch this space.
Did the PNG CAA fail the ICAO audit? Not at all surprising if they did, as they are totally dysfunctional. If so, stand by for even more leased-in foreign flag aircraft as it will be the only way PNG operators will be able to fly internationally. Or else somehow the PNG government will have to allow another country's CAA to take over the aviation safety oversight. Oh, the loss of face. A shame, because Pixie for all its faults, is quite capable of running international services.
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Audit is next year I believe. And they will fail it...... pretty sure. the ass covering has begun already. read the Australian job adverts for proof of that.
If you don't allocate resources to the people who are meant to do the job, how can they do it?. Pixi is probably quite capable of complying with what is required, but if what is required to pass an audit cannot be implemented into the system due to lack of resources, how can they be expected to comply with non existent ICAO standard legislation?.
A big can of worms...... and exactly what you would expect from a corrupt and disintegrating government that is to all purposes being run by incompetents and is essentially broke.
a potentially good airline that is struggling to operate in a bent and broken system.
If you don't allocate resources to the people who are meant to do the job, how can they do it?. Pixi is probably quite capable of complying with what is required, but if what is required to pass an audit cannot be implemented into the system due to lack of resources, how can they be expected to comply with non existent ICAO standard legislation?.
A big can of worms...... and exactly what you would expect from a corrupt and disintegrating government that is to all purposes being run by incompetents and is essentially broke.
a potentially good airline that is struggling to operate in a bent and broken system.
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a potentially good airline that is struggling to operate in a bent and broken system.
Business in PNG relies on corruption, bribes and payments over and above the statutory charges all government authorities levy in a "user pays" environment.
Trying to change that system is beyond me and dare I say, beyond anybody changing it.
Why would the pollies/certain public servants/business leaders change something that keeps them well rewarded with real estate in Cairns or Sydney or Brisbane.
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My point exactly. admittedly they dont do themselves too many favors, but I'm sure they could rise to the challenge of being a better airline if the infrastructure they have to work within was upgraded and they had to be compliant. never happen I know.
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The ICAO audit is looking at how good the PNG CAA (Regulator) is, not how good PX (operator) is able to operate internationally so unfortunately CAA wil fail the audit thus PX will be downgraded & possibly banned from flying certain international routes.
As someone said, px has its problems but it is able to "self regulate" its own operations and maintain a very high safety standard.
As someone said, px has its problems but it is able to "self regulate" its own operations and maintain a very high safety standard.
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As MACH.85 rightly points out, if the PNG CAA fails the ICAO Audit that tends to negate and call into question approvals. delegations and oversight by the CAA of the PNG aviation environment both internationally and domestically.
It is also noted that 2 recent CAA Audits of PX have been less than glowing in their findings. I heard the word 'dysfunctional' used to describe the state of the airline.
It is also noted that 2 recent CAA Audits of PX have been less than glowing in their findings. I heard the word 'dysfunctional' used to describe the state of the airline.
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"It is also noted that 2 recent CAA Audits of PX have been less than glowing in their findings. I heard the word 'dysfunctional' used to describe the state of the airline."
I guess that a contributing factor is, that it's not easy to find expat staff. Quite hard finding any expats that want to move to Moresby to live and work and so it would appear there is a problem with adequate staffing levels, thus (in my opinion) a reason the word 'dysfunctional' may have been used due to the back log of work.
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I guess that a contributing factor is, that it's not easy to find expat staff. Quite hard finding any expats that want to move to Moresby to live and work and so it would appear there is a problem with adequate staffing levels, thus (in my opinion) a reason the word 'dysfunctional' may have been used due to the back log of work.
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And so this argument goes around and around. Why is it so difficult to attract expat staff? Suggest it is not POM itself, but poor management that sees honest and trying staff come and go with monotonous regularity before completing their contracts. Do we again have to recite the senior managers that have come and gone during the reign of the current CEO. Either the recruitment process is all wrong, or there is something wrong at the top.
Sad, but don't expect you will agree.
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And so this argument goes around and around. Why is it so difficult to attract expat staff? Suggest it is not POM itself, but poor management that sees honest and trying staff come and go with monotonous regularity before completing their contracts. Do we again have to recite the senior managers that have come and gone during the reign of the current CEO. Either the recruitment process is all wrong, or there is something wrong at the top.
Sad, but don't expect you will agree.
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I partly agree with you, however not all of the staff that were let go suddenly were 'honest and trying staff'. Maybe a lot were, i don't know, but certainly a good few weren't honest and trying.
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I agree Dingo totally.
NZ2,in regard to "honest and trying staff" I know what you mean,and I have seen it with an engineer who left about 6 months ago. This bloke had been with the company for quite a few years,and really just lost the plot. Maybe someone in managemnet should be looking at why he just gave up,he wasn't a pen it off engineer either,he actually did try and fix things.
NZ2,in regard to "honest and trying staff" I know what you mean,and I have seen it with an engineer who left about 6 months ago. This bloke had been with the company for quite a few years,and really just lost the plot. Maybe someone in managemnet should be looking at why he just gave up,he wasn't a pen it off engineer either,he actually did try and fix things.
Off the subject BUT
The Cairns Post|06 December 2008
COOKE, Grey Maxwell - Late of Duffy Street, Freshwater, Cairns. Grey passed away peacefully, at the Cairns Base Hospital, on Friday morning 5th December 2008, aged 63 years.
Grey was one of the characters.
The Cairns Post|06 December 2008
COOKE, Grey Maxwell - Late of Duffy Street, Freshwater, Cairns. Grey passed away peacefully, at the Cairns Base Hospital, on Friday morning 5th December 2008, aged 63 years.
Grey was one of the characters.
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Vale Captain Grey Cooke
Sad to see Grey leave so early. Haere Ra.
Yes. Grey was one of the characters as you say and no doubt a few XXXX will flow today at the Cairns wake. I'll have a few Singha's later in salute.
I recall that Grey was the first recipient of ANG's CRM teaching techniques when the new FAM gave him a fat-lip at the Southern Cross Hotel BEFORE the course had even started.
The new FAM was subsequently demoted back to a line driver! ho ho what days.
Yes. Grey was one of the characters as you say and no doubt a few XXXX will flow today at the Cairns wake. I'll have a few Singha's later in salute.
I recall that Grey was the first recipient of ANG's CRM teaching techniques when the new FAM gave him a fat-lip at the Southern Cross Hotel BEFORE the course had even started.
The new FAM was subsequently demoted back to a line driver! ho ho what days.
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IOSA audit.
A 'tick the box' audit of the finest kind.
There is no such thing as a 'pass or fail' of an audit. It is the gravity of the findings that are the indicator of the health or otherwise of the organisation.
Mind you enough serious non-compliances raised from a regulator could see an AOC varied, FPP or SP approvals revoked and the like.
How close is Pixie to that ?
IOSA audit.
A 'tick the box' audit of the finest kind.
There is no such thing as a 'pass or fail' of an audit. It is the gravity of the findings that are the indicator of the health or otherwise of the organisation.
Mind you enough serious non-compliances raised from a regulator could see an AOC varied, FPP or SP approvals revoked and the like.
How close is Pixie to that ?