Carmody walks the plank
Nobody named Smith has ever been the Director of Aviation Safety at CASA.
You’re probably confusing the roles of DAS with the (practically powerless) role of Chairman.
You’re probably confusing the roles of DAS with the (practically powerless) role of Chairman.
And his unofficial influence has been no greater than any of the other players in the game. It’s just that Dick was and remains naive enough to do it in plain sight.
Maybe I am just a little bit nieve because I am at the start of my career in aviation but I just believe in giving everyone a chance to prove themselves that's all. Politicians are humans like everyone else, sometimes they get it right and sometimes they get it wrong.
The organization is ruled by the Iron Ring which largely renders the DAS impotent.
Dick Smith summed it up fairly well over two decades ago:
“CASA will do all it can to ensure that a person whose licence, certificate or authority is suspended or cancelled has ready access to full external merits review in the AAT. Once before the AAT, CASA will conduct itself as a model litigant" CASA, in a document entitled: "A new approach to enforcement". March, 1989.
"Anyone other than Dick Smith who joins CASA, becomes “infallible." DICK SMITH, August 1998.
"That's the way the system works. They think: "We are powerful and we are totally unaccountable." DICK SMITH, August 1998.
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The Treasury projections for the drop in fuel tax revenue make for interesting reading. Contractors will need to go, cheaper pot plants will need to be found, small cars instead of SUV's, Carmody hasn't got the fortitude or support for a redesign. Imagine having to restructure into a responsive organisation that actually listened and responded positively to an industry that values aviation.
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You won't get any argument from me, unfortunately CAsA has a track record for adopting other NAA rules, ADs etc and then Aus r@#ting them. Changing out Carmody won't change that.
Queens Birthday Honors - PSM to Carmody
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PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Mr Shane Patrick CARMODY, Yarralumla ACT 2600
For outstanding public service to modernising air safety regulations and drone pilot
licencing.
Mr Shane Carmody's 30 year public service career has encompassed senior business
management, policy and regulatory roles in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and
the departments of Defence, Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Infrastructure.
He has directly contributed to air safety, revitalising CASA as a safety regulator. He has
significantly improved the Authority's performance and ability to respond to rapid technological
changes and support the economic challenges currently facing the airline industry.
Under his guidance and leadership, he has driven CASA to deliver significant reforms for the
aviation industry, starting with the completion of a long standing project to modernise air
safety regulations. This has led to rebuilding of industry confidence in the regulator. He has
championed the digitisation of services including the quick processing of Remote Pilot
Licences which, during the 2019-20 bushfires, directly enabled drone pilots to be trained,
licenced and operational on a fire front within days.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Mr Shane Patrick CARMODY, Yarralumla ACT 2600
For outstanding public service to modernising air safety regulations and drone pilot
licencing.
Mr Shane Carmody's 30 year public service career has encompassed senior business
management, policy and regulatory roles in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and
the departments of Defence, Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Infrastructure.
He has directly contributed to air safety, revitalising CASA as a safety regulator. He has
significantly improved the Authority's performance and ability to respond to rapid technological
changes and support the economic challenges currently facing the airline industry.
Under his guidance and leadership, he has driven CASA to deliver significant reforms for the
aviation industry, starting with the completion of a long standing project to modernise air
safety regulations. This has led to rebuilding of industry confidence in the regulator. He has
championed the digitisation of services including the quick processing of Remote Pilot
Licences which, during the 2019-20 bushfires, directly enabled drone pilots to be trained,
licenced and operational on a fire front within days.
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Quote:
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Mr Shane Patrick CARMODY, Yarralumla ACT 2600
For outstanding public service to modernising air safety regulations and drone pilot
licencing.
Mr Shane Carmody's 30 year public service career has encompassed senior business
management, policy and regulatory roles in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and
the departments of Defence, Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Infrastructure.
He has directly contributed to air safety, revitalising CASA as a safety regulator. He has
significantly improved the Authority's performance and ability to respond to rapid technological
changes and support the economic challenges currently facing the airline industry.
Under his guidance and leadership, he has driven CASA to deliver significant reforms for the
aviation industry, starting with the completion of a long standing project to modernise air
safety regulations. This has led to rebuilding of industry confidence in the regulator. He has
championed the digitisation of services including the quick processing of Remote Pilot
Licences which, during the 2019-20 bushfires, directly enabled drone pilots to be trained,
licenced and operational on a fire front within days.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Mr Shane Patrick CARMODY, Yarralumla ACT 2600
For outstanding public service to modernising air safety regulations and drone pilot
licencing.
Mr Shane Carmody's 30 year public service career has encompassed senior business
management, policy and regulatory roles in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and
the departments of Defence, Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Infrastructure.
He has directly contributed to air safety, revitalising CASA as a safety regulator. He has
significantly improved the Authority's performance and ability to respond to rapid technological
changes and support the economic challenges currently facing the airline industry.
Under his guidance and leadership, he has driven CASA to deliver significant reforms for the
aviation industry, starting with the completion of a long standing project to modernise air
safety regulations. This has led to rebuilding of industry confidence in the regulator. He has
championed the digitisation of services including the quick processing of Remote Pilot
Licences which, during the 2019-20 bushfires, directly enabled drone pilots to be trained,
licenced and operational on a fire front within days.
I always thought the honours list was for outstanding contribution to our life and society, going above and beyond the norm, not just for doing your f###ing job.
And that's aimed at more than one in the list this year.
And that's aimed at more than one in the list this year.
I always thought the honours list was for outstanding contribution to our life and society
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Put it in the same category as the gong awarded to a former CEO of the second largest airline who ran it into the ground to the point where it went into administration - he got his for 'services to aviation'. Also a bloody joke.
I agree - just watched an old Yes Minister episode the other day where Humphrey was not keen at all to attend a meeting with Hacker, to which Hacker commented "KBE" eliciting an immediate recitation of all the reasons why Humphy should attend.... LOL
They reward 30 and 40 year career bureaucrats, lazy good for nothing incompetents who have never had the balls to work in a real job, who have presided over one screwup after another, with medals and certificates. It’s a sham, it’s arrogant and it’s amoral. Pathetic Governments continually rewarding and elevating these pathetic assholes does nothing for the real industry, and these morons contribute nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Not that it's the sort of thing they would do but can you imagine if the government of today tried to launch something like Medicare....... half the cards wouldn't work, the system would crash, Doctors wouldn't have advanced information about how it worked and they'd institute a robodebt scam to try and bully people who'd paid their bills out of money they don't owe.