Glen Buckley and Australian small business -V- CASA
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Got-Ya- thanks, 'Lead B'- Senator McDonald...., video/zoom or in the room with 'Glen'...???
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Edit- Senator McDonald 'is' the Chair....???
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Edit- Senator McDonald 'is' the Chair....???
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I'm pretty sure that Senator McDonald and Glen Buckley were not in the same room, but only they can confirm.
And it's irrelevant...
And it's irrelevant...
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18/11/20
Dear Members of the RRAT Committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, the CASA Board, and Mr. Shane Carmody
I have been presented with the opportunity to appear before the RRAT Senate Estimates on Friday 20th November 2020.
I am fully satisfied that the CEO of CASA, Mr. Shane Carmody has misled that inquiry with the intent to deflect Senator Susan McDonald and Members of the Committee, for the purpose of altering the Committee's findings.
It is important. If the CEO of CASA, Mr. Shane Carmody chooses to mislead you, that cannot possibly improve safety outcomes or the quality of the findings.
Such characteristics if unchecked may have allowed that unsafe characteristic to manifest through the Senior Executive of CASA and that is fundamental to my presentation on Friday 20th November.
At Senate RRAT on 20/10, you specifically asked Mr. Carmody about the issues between CASA and Glen Buckley.
In Mr. Carmody's response, he leads you to believe that there was only a single issue that I had with CASA. That issue was a matter of defamation against a single CASA Officer.
At the time of his response, he made a deliberate decision not to advise you of a claim that I have made against CASA that extends to many millions of dollars and is intended to fairly recompense the many Parties that have been affected by this. Personally, I have been bankrupted, but many staff, customers, and suppliers have also been unfairly affected. The allegations are against several members of the CASA Senior Executive and not a single CASA Officer. Mr. Carmody was fully aware of this when responded. He chose his words carefully but it's about "intent"
In reviewing the footage of his presentation he has not acted with "good intent", and that is essential to the inquiry. In reviewing his presentation there are numerous other examples that I am able to supply, both on my matter, and on others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WNd...ature=youtu.be
I raise this matter because the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office is currently investigating these matters. I believe that Mr. Carmody has also been responsible for misleading information provided to the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, although that is a separate matter.
Dear Mr. Carmody, could I respectfully request that you provide the RRAT Committee with a copy of the claim that I have submitted to CASA prior to my presentation on 20/11/20.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley
Dear Members of the RRAT Committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, the CASA Board, and Mr. Shane Carmody
I have been presented with the opportunity to appear before the RRAT Senate Estimates on Friday 20th November 2020.
I am fully satisfied that the CEO of CASA, Mr. Shane Carmody has misled that inquiry with the intent to deflect Senator Susan McDonald and Members of the Committee, for the purpose of altering the Committee's findings.
It is important. If the CEO of CASA, Mr. Shane Carmody chooses to mislead you, that cannot possibly improve safety outcomes or the quality of the findings.
Such characteristics if unchecked may have allowed that unsafe characteristic to manifest through the Senior Executive of CASA and that is fundamental to my presentation on Friday 20th November.
At Senate RRAT on 20/10, you specifically asked Mr. Carmody about the issues between CASA and Glen Buckley.
In Mr. Carmody's response, he leads you to believe that there was only a single issue that I had with CASA. That issue was a matter of defamation against a single CASA Officer.
At the time of his response, he made a deliberate decision not to advise you of a claim that I have made against CASA that extends to many millions of dollars and is intended to fairly recompense the many Parties that have been affected by this. Personally, I have been bankrupted, but many staff, customers, and suppliers have also been unfairly affected. The allegations are against several members of the CASA Senior Executive and not a single CASA Officer. Mr. Carmody was fully aware of this when responded. He chose his words carefully but it's about "intent"
In reviewing the footage of his presentation he has not acted with "good intent", and that is essential to the inquiry. In reviewing his presentation there are numerous other examples that I am able to supply, both on my matter, and on others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WNd...ature=youtu.be
I raise this matter because the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office is currently investigating these matters. I believe that Mr. Carmody has also been responsible for misleading information provided to the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, although that is a separate matter.
Dear Mr. Carmody, could I respectfully request that you provide the RRAT Committee with a copy of the claim that I have submitted to CASA prior to my presentation on 20/11/20.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley
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Carmody and his tautological nonsense
Just got to get this out of the way, but what is it with Crawford and Carmody with the goatee beards; which one is mini-me? Two marionette puppets! Fools.
Glen; good, honest and respectful delivery of your message. You can be proud of what you have said and your family can be proud of their husband and father. Respect.
Mr Carmody; what an absolute embarrassing human being. The body language - hands flat on the table and ready for a fight from his opening statement. He even admits to being ‘emotional’. This is the organisations CEO? The anger, belittling speech and hostility Jug Ears displayed is evidence that the fish rots from the head. This is what represents CASA. Shame shame shame. Carmody’s last hoorah as he retirees fat and happy after having never held down a real job, just a career bureaucrat. There are only two options for CASA and they are the same two options that have been discussed for many years now;
Glen; good, honest and respectful delivery of your message. You can be proud of what you have said and your family can be proud of their husband and father. Respect.
Mr Carmody; what an absolute embarrassing human being. The body language - hands flat on the table and ready for a fight from his opening statement. He even admits to being ‘emotional’. This is the organisations CEO? The anger, belittling speech and hostility Jug Ears displayed is evidence that the fish rots from the head. This is what represents CASA. Shame shame shame. Carmody’s last hoorah as he retirees fat and happy after having never held down a real job, just a career bureaucrat. There are only two options for CASA and they are the same two options that have been discussed for many years now;
- A Royal Commission, or;
- A complete dismantling, now.
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Just got to get this out of the way, but what is it with Crawford and Carmody with the goatee beards; which one is mini-me? Two marionette puppets! Fools.
Glen; good, honest and respectful delivery of your message. You can be proud of what you have said and your family can be proud of their husband and father. Respect.
Mr Carmody; what an absolute embarrassing human being. The body language - hands flat on the table and ready for a fight from his opening statement. He even admits to being ‘emotional’. This is the organisations CEO? The anger, belittling speech and hostility Jug Ears displayed is evidence that the fish rots from the head. This is what represents CASA. Shame shame shame. Carmody’s last hoorah as he retirees fat and happy after having never held down a real job, just a career bureaucrat. There are only two options for CASA and they are the same two options that have been discussed for many years now;
Glen; good, honest and respectful delivery of your message. You can be proud of what you have said and your family can be proud of their husband and father. Respect.
Mr Carmody; what an absolute embarrassing human being. The body language - hands flat on the table and ready for a fight from his opening statement. He even admits to being ‘emotional’. This is the organisations CEO? The anger, belittling speech and hostility Jug Ears displayed is evidence that the fish rots from the head. This is what represents CASA. Shame shame shame. Carmody’s last hoorah as he retirees fat and happy after having never held down a real job, just a career bureaucrat. There are only two options for CASA and they are the same two options that have been discussed for many years now;
- A Royal Commission, or;
- A complete dismantling, now.
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Mr Carmodys blatant lies
Allegations raised by Mr. Carmody regarding "assault" and stalking"
21/11/20
Dear Mr Carmody, CEO of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority,
I refer to your attendance at the Senate RRAT Estimates Committee and associated comments that you made about me on 20/11/20.
I made my presentation between the 3-hour 50 minute mark through until 4 hours and 32 minutes. Immediately after my presentation, you were offered the right to reply and I have attached a link to your presentation at that inquiry. Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport - 20/11/2020 08:49:59 ? Parliament of Australia
I refer to comments that you made at the 4 hour and 38-minute mark where you claimed “He has assaulted my staff, he has stalked my staff”
Whilst I appreciate that in making such comments you are protected by Parliamentary privilege. That Parliamentary privilege is intended to allow full and frank disclosure of matters. It is not intended for the CEO of CASA to make false allegations against an individual or to blatantly lie and mislead Parliament, and more so considering your position as the CEO of CASA.
Whilst I do appreciate that you were somewhat “rattled” and may not have had the clarity of mind that would be ideal in such a situation, I would like to afford you the opportunity to correct that blatant untruth.
For clarity, I absolutely and totally refute that claim, and as you will appreciate that comment has bought angst to my family.
The purpose of this correspondence.
If you stand by that claim that I assaulted and stalked your staff, can I request the details of those allegations? Are you able to provide any supporting details of such incidents? Ideally, this would include details of the alleged incidents such as dates, times, and circumstances of the alleged assault or stalking matters.
My assumption is that such matters would be held by CASA on file, there would be Workcover documentation, a formal complaint lodged within CASA, or something similar.
If you are unable or unwilling to support those allegations my intention would be to make a Freedom of Information request to obtain any supporting documentation and fully refute that scurrilous allegation and a blatant untruth.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley.
21/11/20
Dear Mr Carmody, CEO of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority,
I refer to your attendance at the Senate RRAT Estimates Committee and associated comments that you made about me on 20/11/20.
I made my presentation between the 3-hour 50 minute mark through until 4 hours and 32 minutes. Immediately after my presentation, you were offered the right to reply and I have attached a link to your presentation at that inquiry. Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport - 20/11/2020 08:49:59 ? Parliament of Australia
I refer to comments that you made at the 4 hour and 38-minute mark where you claimed “He has assaulted my staff, he has stalked my staff”
Whilst I appreciate that in making such comments you are protected by Parliamentary privilege. That Parliamentary privilege is intended to allow full and frank disclosure of matters. It is not intended for the CEO of CASA to make false allegations against an individual or to blatantly lie and mislead Parliament, and more so considering your position as the CEO of CASA.
Whilst I do appreciate that you were somewhat “rattled” and may not have had the clarity of mind that would be ideal in such a situation, I would like to afford you the opportunity to correct that blatant untruth.
For clarity, I absolutely and totally refute that claim, and as you will appreciate that comment has bought angst to my family.
The purpose of this correspondence.
If you stand by that claim that I assaulted and stalked your staff, can I request the details of those allegations? Are you able to provide any supporting details of such incidents? Ideally, this would include details of the alleged incidents such as dates, times, and circumstances of the alleged assault or stalking matters.
My assumption is that such matters would be held by CASA on file, there would be Workcover documentation, a formal complaint lodged within CASA, or something similar.
If you are unable or unwilling to support those allegations my intention would be to make a Freedom of Information request to obtain any supporting documentation and fully refute that scurrilous allegation and a blatant untruth.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley.
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The Carmody bubble
Unfortunately for Mr Carmody, who is a weak man only familiar with being protected by teams of legal folk, secure buildings, and of course the protective cocoon of the Canberra bubble and the taxpayer teat, he wouldn’t know what the intent ‘of assault and stalking’ actually is in the real world.
I guess that to Mr Carmody, an overly firm handshake would constitute assault, or perhaps Glen ‘stared down’ one of Carmody’s CASA minions while Glen was being pineappled? Poor Poor Shane, heaven help him if ever one of his staff were assaulted with a wet ball of cotton wool! And stalking, oh dear. Did Glen repeatedly watch Carmody Capers on YouTube or perhaps inadvertently hop in the same elevator as a CASA employee in one of their buildings? Naughty Glen, you could hear the fear in Mr Carmody’s heavy breathing and nervous speech during his 45 minutes. I would imagine Me Carmody has sought out and received AFP protection and Morrison’s office has permanently assigned Shane two officers.
I never thought that Carmody would completely lose his marbles before Dr Dolittle Aleck, but I’ve now repealed that thought and it seems that Shane is in the midst of some form of mental or emotional decline.
How long til this fool leaves CASA, 1 week or so? Go pack up your desk Shane, grab your bag and the box of Kleenex tissues on your desk and depart the building immediately. Don’t slam the door on your way out.
I guess that to Mr Carmody, an overly firm handshake would constitute assault, or perhaps Glen ‘stared down’ one of Carmody’s CASA minions while Glen was being pineappled? Poor Poor Shane, heaven help him if ever one of his staff were assaulted with a wet ball of cotton wool! And stalking, oh dear. Did Glen repeatedly watch Carmody Capers on YouTube or perhaps inadvertently hop in the same elevator as a CASA employee in one of their buildings? Naughty Glen, you could hear the fear in Mr Carmody’s heavy breathing and nervous speech during his 45 minutes. I would imagine Me Carmody has sought out and received AFP protection and Morrison’s office has permanently assigned Shane two officers.
I never thought that Carmody would completely lose his marbles before Dr Dolittle Aleck, but I’ve now repealed that thought and it seems that Shane is in the midst of some form of mental or emotional decline.
How long til this fool leaves CASA, 1 week or so? Go pack up your desk Shane, grab your bag and the box of Kleenex tissues on your desk and depart the building immediately. Don’t slam the door on your way out.
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Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport - 20/11/2020 08:49:59 ? Parliament of Australia
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I know you said that you know, you engage in consultation, the evidence we've heard today in relation to that particular committee was that it was, ahh, not necessarily consultation with, but consultation to
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I think the way Carmody’s forehead corrugated on some responses interesting.
What has me curious is we have a person that’s ready to walk out the door for the last time and he is showing these signs of punching on and defending a position at the senate committee. He must be being pushed?
What has me curious is we have a person that’s ready to walk out the door for the last time and he is showing these signs of punching on and defending a position at the senate committee. He must be being pushed?
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I think the way Carmody’s forehead corrugated on some responses interesting.
What has me curious is we have a person that’s ready to walk out the door for the last time and he is showing these signs of punching on and defending a position at the senate committee. He must be being pushed?
What has me curious is we have a person that’s ready to walk out the door for the last time and he is showing these signs of punching on and defending a position at the senate committee. He must be being pushed?
You could not make this stuff up.
Amazingly, we heard that the CMT initially allocated to APTA comprised a bunch of delicate petals who had been captured by Mr Buckley, and Mr Buckley has harassed, stalked and assaulted CASA staff! Naturally, none of these allegations have been put to Mr Buckley or referred to police. You just make the allegations under Parliamentary privilege. Brave man, Mr Carmody!
CASA 'tries to accommodate' McDermott Aviation's business model. How kind of you! It must be mindbogglingly difficult to deal with the operator of N-registered aircraft. All those 'hoops' CASA has to 'jump through' to 'accommodate' a foreign registered aircraft in Australia. The potential risks to aviation safety of an N-registered aircraft in Australia must be catastrophic. And we all know why people keep aircraft on the N-register: Because of Australia's Galapagos regulatory regime whose outputs are not recognised in first world aviation nations. It is 'kinda handy' keeping aircraft on the N-register, Mr Carmody, for reasons that we all know.
More than 70% of McDermott Aviation's jobs had been completed by CASA within 30 days. Wow! Give yourself a bonus! Does McDermott Aviation pay fees for those jobs to be done?
CASA "approved" 25,000 aviation medicals in the last 12 months and "rejected" 84. Tell us, Mr Carmody: Out of the 25,000 "approved" medicals, how many of the applicants were subjected to tests and have conditions imposed on their certificates, which tests and conditions the applicant's doctor and specialist medical advisors say are not necessary? How much did and will those tests cost in terms of time, dollars and risk exposure to the persons subjected to the tests? How is it that a bunch of glorified GPs in CASA know better than qualified specialists?
And then there's the pilot accused of low flying. Mr Carmody literally said this:
"That's not what the instruments on his aircraft say, Senator. They say he was at 125'."
I **** you not: That's what Mr Carmody said.
Was Mr Carmody or someone from CASA in the aircraft looking at "the instruments" during the flight in question? Methinks not.
Methinks that CASA might be going on the output, not of "the instruments", but of a transponder or GPS 'chip'. Gosh, transponders and GPS 'chips' now reliably transmit or record the actual distance, down to the foot, of an aircraft above the actual terrain/water below? Who knew? And I'm sure the punters to whom I wave adjacent to me on the South Head Signal Station when I fly down Victor 1 would swear on a stack of bibles that I'm 'low flying'. And on a nice high pressure day, my transponder says I'm at minus 100'. I guess the punters must be right!
Methinks CASA would have some considerable difficulty convincing the CDPP to prosecute on the basis of these kinds of 'evidence'. So what does CASA do when it doesn't have evidence to support the prosecution of someone? It persecutes them administratively and condemns them under Parliamentary privilege. Brave man, Mr Carmody!
And I just shake my head at the regulatory reform bull****.
CASA announced, in July 2020, that Mr Carmody had achieved "the resolution of CASA's long standing Regulatory Reform Program" and "oversaw the end of the epic safety regulatory reform program". But in the hearing, Mr Carmody said "the reg program is pretty much complete". Which is it? (Rhetorical question. We all know the answer. It's back to the weasel words that we've been hearing for decades. The "major parts" have been completed and, of course, like Part 61, will be fantastic when they come into operation.)
Mr Carmody seemed to me to be saying that anything 'before his time' in the regulatory reform program is not a problem. All of his predecessors' contribution to the regulatory train wreck is just - well - it just is. A whole bunch of people from industry were involved in consultations throughout, so apparently they have no grounds on which to complain. Apparently, that makes the regulatory train wreck - which has none of the promised characteristics and achieves none of the promised outcomes - OK.
Apparently, turning 200 pages of complex, convoluted dross into 73 pages of complex, convoluted dross in the form of the Part 138 MOS is a 'good' thing from Mr Carmody's perspective. And apparently the industry asked for it! What the industry actually asked for, Mr Carmody, was blessed relief from the process: The production of something - anything - to just 'make it stop'. And, of course, the Part 138 MOS is incomplete. It has "reserved" Chapters. And we all know why.
And then Mr Carmody said that the whole of the regulations should be reviewed!
I say again: You could not make this stuff up.
Amazingly, we heard that the CMT initially allocated to APTA comprised a bunch of delicate petals who had been captured by Mr Buckley, and Mr Buckley has harassed, stalked and assaulted CASA staff! Naturally, none of these allegations have been put to Mr Buckley or referred to police. You just make the allegations under Parliamentary privilege. Brave man, Mr Carmody!
CASA 'tries to accommodate' McDermott Aviation's business model. How kind of you! It must be mindbogglingly difficult to deal with the operator of N-registered aircraft. All those 'hoops' CASA has to 'jump through' to 'accommodate' a foreign registered aircraft in Australia. The potential risks to aviation safety of an N-registered aircraft in Australia must be catastrophic. And we all know why people keep aircraft on the N-register: Because of Australia's Galapagos regulatory regime whose outputs are not recognised in first world aviation nations. It is 'kinda handy' keeping aircraft on the N-register, Mr Carmody, for reasons that we all know.
More than 70% of McDermott Aviation's jobs had been completed by CASA within 30 days. Wow! Give yourself a bonus! Does McDermott Aviation pay fees for those jobs to be done?
CASA "approved" 25,000 aviation medicals in the last 12 months and "rejected" 84. Tell us, Mr Carmody: Out of the 25,000 "approved" medicals, how many of the applicants were subjected to tests and have conditions imposed on their certificates, which tests and conditions the applicant's doctor and specialist medical advisors say are not necessary? How much did and will those tests cost in terms of time, dollars and risk exposure to the persons subjected to the tests? How is it that a bunch of glorified GPs in CASA know better than qualified specialists?
And then there's the pilot accused of low flying. Mr Carmody literally said this:
"That's not what the instruments on his aircraft say, Senator. They say he was at 125'."
I **** you not: That's what Mr Carmody said.
Was Mr Carmody or someone from CASA in the aircraft looking at "the instruments" during the flight in question? Methinks not.
Methinks that CASA might be going on the output, not of "the instruments", but of a transponder or GPS 'chip'. Gosh, transponders and GPS 'chips' now reliably transmit or record the actual distance, down to the foot, of an aircraft above the actual terrain/water below? Who knew? And I'm sure the punters to whom I wave adjacent to me on the South Head Signal Station when I fly down Victor 1 would swear on a stack of bibles that I'm 'low flying'. And on a nice high pressure day, my transponder says I'm at minus 100'. I guess the punters must be right!
Methinks CASA would have some considerable difficulty convincing the CDPP to prosecute on the basis of these kinds of 'evidence'. So what does CASA do when it doesn't have evidence to support the prosecution of someone? It persecutes them administratively and condemns them under Parliamentary privilege. Brave man, Mr Carmody!
And I just shake my head at the regulatory reform bull****.
CASA announced, in July 2020, that Mr Carmody had achieved "the resolution of CASA's long standing Regulatory Reform Program" and "oversaw the end of the epic safety regulatory reform program". But in the hearing, Mr Carmody said "the reg program is pretty much complete". Which is it? (Rhetorical question. We all know the answer. It's back to the weasel words that we've been hearing for decades. The "major parts" have been completed and, of course, like Part 61, will be fantastic when they come into operation.)
Mr Carmody seemed to me to be saying that anything 'before his time' in the regulatory reform program is not a problem. All of his predecessors' contribution to the regulatory train wreck is just - well - it just is. A whole bunch of people from industry were involved in consultations throughout, so apparently they have no grounds on which to complain. Apparently, that makes the regulatory train wreck - which has none of the promised characteristics and achieves none of the promised outcomes - OK.
Apparently, turning 200 pages of complex, convoluted dross into 73 pages of complex, convoluted dross in the form of the Part 138 MOS is a 'good' thing from Mr Carmody's perspective. And apparently the industry asked for it! What the industry actually asked for, Mr Carmody, was blessed relief from the process: The production of something - anything - to just 'make it stop'. And, of course, the Part 138 MOS is incomplete. It has "reserved" Chapters. And we all know why.
And then Mr Carmody said that the whole of the regulations should be reviewed!
I say again: You could not make this stuff up.
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He and his executive team, the Board and the cardboard cutout Minister have also shown what complete muppets they are also. Friday was a sad day...
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I hate to say it, but the best leader of the civil aviation department in my time was good old Sir Donald Anderson who was the Director General of the then Dept of Civil Aviation (DCA) and I don't believe the following organizations have had a leader anywhere as good since. CASA is a joke, even the name is misleading - Safety Authority?? You jest of course. CAA was more appropriate, but even CARA (regulatory) might be closer to the mark. Why is it that I can carry a copy of the FARs around in my nav bag but would need a wheel barrow or more to carry all the Oz regs about?? Why is it that an instructor in the USA can instruct without being attached to a flying school? Why is it that we need approval to mount a go-pro camera on a GA aircraft in Oz? At Oshkosh there are over a 100 different mounts for go-pro cameras for sale! The management of Civil Aviation in Oz is a joke and the serious part is that it is killing the industry by significant over regulation. Sad.
The answer is close to what Glen said. We need a complete review of the upper level management of the organisation and to have folk in those rolls that have some idea of what they are doing and not feeding their ego for power and control! Let us hope and pray that the new Director will not just play the politics, but try and sort the mess that CASA is out.
One needs to remember that you can be compliant but not safe, but as safe as practical and not be compliant - one cannot guarantee 100% safety.
The answer is close to what Glen said. We need a complete review of the upper level management of the organisation and to have folk in those rolls that have some idea of what they are doing and not feeding their ego for power and control! Let us hope and pray that the new Director will not just play the politics, but try and sort the mess that CASA is out.
One needs to remember that you can be compliant but not safe, but as safe as practical and not be compliant - one cannot guarantee 100% safety.