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The magic phrase ‘flight time’ strikes again.
1,900 pages of new regulations, and counting, and the silliness continues. The letter is almost certainly the fallout from the coalition’s attempt to embarrass the Attorney-General as a consequence of allegations that he did not turn off his mobile phone when “instructed” to do so by cabin staff while the aircraft was being pushed back. It’s only a wild guess, but the AG probably whispered words to this effect to Mr Albanese who probably whispered them to his chief of staff who probably whispered them to Mr McCormick: “Tell McCormick to read 309A and correct the record.” |
Poor old Mr Skull, once again he dines on a robust sh#t sandwich. Isn't he getting full by now? For a DAS he certainly seems to get a lot of the regulations incorrect doesn't he? Oh well, the Witchdoctor once again pens a response to the Senators on behalf of his 'dear leader'.
Now Sarcs, you font of all things mysterious and on notice, I see you are still eagerly awaiting responses to the QON's, yes? Well; •What could be the delay? Are last minute coatings of varnish being applied to the answers? •Is Fort Fumble thumbing their noses at the good Senators by obsfucating and stretching for time? Perhaps even treating them with contempt, as if they are some ills of society? • Is FF introducing quick behind the scenes fixes and patches to their busted system, just so that they can produce a piece of evidence which says 'see, all is fixed, nothing left to see here, move along please'? • Is FF simply such a colossal cluster f#ck that they just cannot reply to the Senators QON'S because they are quite simply unable, incapable, and out of their depth to do so? • Are the truthful answers to the Senators questions so blatantly obvious and damning against FF that they are stalling because they have no more cracks to hide in, no more rocks to hide beneath? • Perhaps FF are working on an old chess move, you know the old 'nail another operator to the wall so as to deflect CAsA from uncomfortable scrutiny and to prove that they truly are a proactive, safety focused organisation'? That old chestnut! • Or finally is the delay because they have received a hair donation courtesy of Dr Alecks beard and curly locks and they are awaiting transplant of the donation to Messrs Boyd, Campbell and McCormick's bald melons? Please Mr CAsA, answer Senator Xenophon's question which seeks to know if there are any pages or bits missing from the version of the Chambers Report you gave him??? Please answer that. Is it so hard to answer? Why the ridiculous amount of time? Surely a capital 'R' regulator would have copies of these important documents on file and be able to produce them easily? I mean that is expected of an operator isn't it? |
Pandora's little box of pickles.
004 # 2302• "Are the truthful answers to the Senators questions so blatantly obvious and damning against FF that they are stalling because they have no more cracks to hide in, no more rocks to hide beneath?" 004 # 2302 "Are the truthful answers to the Senators questions so blatantly obvious and damning against FF that they are stalling because they have no more cracks to hide in, no more rocks to hide beneath?" 004 # 2302 "Senator Xenophon's question which seeks to know if there are any pages or bits missing from the version of the Chambers Report you gave him??? Pot, Kettle black?? |
Australia: A failed state in aviation?
The bully boys strike again!
Mr Sandilands latest below. Brief, but to the point! Australia: A failed state in aviation safety? | Plane Talking And an article by Phelan, picked up by Ben, and succinctly worded. Yet again, CAsA - the renowned bully boy and serial purveyor of incompetence and supporter of the Bankstown buggerisation of industry; CASA fails expensively in efforts to curb private heli pilot | Plane Talking As for the AAT, well there was a measure of fairness when Mr Hart was around, but not any more. It is absurd and preposterous that $500 000 be spent chasing Mr Green, when CAsA's charter is to protect the fare paying public. And this is just one case. Again there is no accountability required on the behalf of the regulator, and there is no recourse if you get wronged by them, as in the case of Mr Green and a litany of others. This system must be changed. CAsA must be made accountable for its decisions, and when they blatantly abuse the system, as well as the public purse and wrong a person then compensation has to be made available to the victim. Only then will CAsA finally have their wings clipped and draconian powers stripped away. The current system is immoral, unethical, biased, stacked and designed to be abused by the 'model litigant'. Democratic society my ass! Please Senator X, keep sharpening and shaping your pineapples and when the timing is right please grab said pineapples robustly with both hands, apply immense pressure and jam those bad boys where they belong :ok: |
Strict Liability
Isn't it odd that Dom James and others have been strict liability tested, yet the owners of the CAA Act and TSI Act themselves seem to avoid the toughest penalties? If this isn't what the Acts' are written for, then what is?????? The Senate have produced black and white evidence demonstrating breaches of the TSI Act by numerous individuals. They deserve to have the Act thrown at them for dragging Australia to these third world levels.
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Arise, Sir Campbell !
CASA Chess Game new move;
In keeping with CAsA tradition, another product of the Cairns office has achieved greatness within the ranks at Bully Boy Central! Please put your hands together and welcome Gerrard Campbell as the new GM Operations, replacing the Hooded one. The bald one comes with a distinguished record of having presided over one of the Nations worst CAsA offices (Townsville and Bankstown tie for a close second place). Those familiar with his style (which incidentally matches the GWM job PD) will be aware of his 'operations and leadership style' and his strengths and weaknesses. Personally, I am going to place a framed photo of the new Fuhrer in my workshop to ensure I am not shipped off to a COA or AOC concentration camp by any Gestapo Inspectors conducting random checks. I am also going to place Swastika's on all my manuals and log book, start preparing my ass cheeks for incoming Jackboot imprints! The GWM, Mr Skull, Herr Boyd, the Chamber Pot and the Weeksling must be rubbing their sweaty palms with joy, group hugging, chanting and celebrating with a blood letting! This is a truly joyous occasion, I can see the celebrations party taking place in Montreal, at the Mothership ICAO where truffles and fine wines will be indulged gratuitously, and scented candles will surround a huge trough filled with overflowing treats. Yes the newly knighted one will be inducted into CAsA's Hall Of Shame, where many executives have stood before, each to eventually fall on their robust sword. But in the meantime life is to short to waste on safety, compliance and transparency. It's party time FF style! Mr Campbell will just love his $250k salary (excluding super and bonus) approximately $30k bonus and around $41k superannuation. Well done sir. I feel a giant oink oink coming on! So industry, again, let us salute this latest offering from Fort Fumble, let us dance naked in the streets, let us offer up a sacrifice (perhaps a regional airline somewhere) in praise of this announcemt! Selah |
I was in cairns a few weeks ago. You could feel the fear among the remaining GA operators.
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casa and responsibility
It is not fear you smell in Cairns, but the smell of sweaty casa armpits signing off on another false accusation
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how true,
uita.! False accusations must be in the CASA "Lets kIck arse" manual...they just keep doing it ,time and time again. :mad:
And as for promotions, as folk know, in any sewerage farm, its obvious what floats to the top. :yuk::yuk::yuk: |
Folks,
Perhaps some of you, not entirely unadjacent to Archerfield, could give us a summary of his administrative achievements at RACQ and Archerfield Airport Corp. that qualified said gentlemen for high office in CASA. Starting, say, with formal qualifications?? and; Peer standing. Followed by, say, conspicuous positive business achievements and successes, and; What else?? Remember to really drill down!! Tootle pip!! Tootle pip!! |
Thanks for the reminder Leadie. I recall his famous words at Archerfield when he released a statement after Hempel 'flew his last flight'.
He said "Hempel was a well loved character, and a bit of a legend". Hmmmmm, need I say any more? Did a stellar job with the Archerfield master plan, NOT. |
Slight thread drift, but please bear with me.
If you see or hear about anybody in "the aviation industry" who exhibits any or more than 5 of these traits, it's your duty to report them to CASA or their DAME or The Media, lest you be accused of with-holding evidence that could lead to, or has led to a catastrophic event.
Imagine having the privilege's of a pilot granted to such a person and that person exercising the rights that go with that privilege Common traits that are associated with psychopathic behavior include the following: •Exuberant and charming personality •Selfish and narcissistic •Short attention span •Adept at lying; lies habitually •Lacks or shows little conscience •Emotionally distant •Can be cruel at times; doesn't show much, if any, sympathy •Practices deviant sexual behavior •Doesn't exhibit any concrete goals for the future •Acts impulsively and at times irresponsibly •Doesn't take responsibility for own behavior •Repeated evidence of failed relationships; unable to maintain a long-term relationship •May be extremely possessive •May have been in trouble as a child, preteen, and teen •May have a criminal record |
Frank,
Several of the previous posters to this and other threads would seem to display some of the traits you mention. Your point is?? VH-MLE |
Don't think its relevant.
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Think what you want, I made a simple statement.
The point is; Tell me that you would consider, for example, a Northern Queensland office of Motor Transport, where all employees wore toothbrush "Hitler style" mustaches. Imagine they routinely and avidly persecuted their "clients" by displaying those dot point traits, cost those "clients" their incomes, family, friends and made them criminals. Such was the futility of fighting for real justice, (not "in my opinion summary justice"), those "clients" became depressed to the stage where they were "deemed" unfit to drive due to depression caused by their persecutors. If depression, which can be cured, is cause for that person never to drive again, what would you say about psychopath's, (who probably can't be "cured"), who regularly drive and assess others ability to drive. Is a psychopath a fit and proper person to drive and make determinations about others? Where in the spectrum of things would you place the "depression afflicted" person? Finally, if that "client" knew he would forfeit his privileges by admission to his affliction, would he/she not hide that fact from his peers and the regulator? Would this enhance driver "safety"? |
Frank, you have seriously highlighted a major issue in the industry. There are some genuine people working out there who have mental health issues, good people who simply have some synapses not functioning to the full. It's not a sin or a crime, and they deserve a measure of understanding.
Then you have the psychopath and the sociopath who unfortunately slip through the cracks and end up in the industry. It is these fruitcakes that we see operating without restraint on a daily basis. How do we, as a group, go out mitigating this issue is a good question and a very complex matter. Frank I do know this - you are naughty, very naughty for posting the Job PD for CAsA Managers in post #2312. I thought CAsA keeps that sort of documentation buried in TRIM? Historical archive of a CAsA DAS addressing ICAO: YouTube |
Frank, it gets worse. You now have one as Prime Minister.
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Very true Sunny. The PM is a very interesting study on this topic. I have no doubt in my mind that he fits the bill.
Socio's usually attract other socio's as well, it is a fascinating study. And there is a vast difference between sociopaths and psychopaths, a topic for another day. The very nature of aviation with its power players, executive positions, people responsible for controlling other people's outcomes etc breeds and attracts these individuals. The damage that one solitary individual can inflict within the environment is beyond belief, but it happens, they are out there, and very very hard to identify. Unfortunately the Regulator is not beyond the reach of sociopaths. This link is a good starting point if you really want to learn about how dangerous these individuals are; |
Suffering from sociopathitis…
Rather than having to don a tin hat, like poor old Jaba is currently having to do (although he appears to be holding his own), over on the predominantly Jet Jockey YMIA emergency landing thread, I thought I would make a couple of observations somewhat in support of Jaba and to point out some similarities in the bureau prelim report and the Norfolk investigation debacle.
To begin with I am in complete agreement with most people’s posts on that thread, that is the crew were sold a sh*t sandwich (ironically not un-like DJ) by ASA, BOM, Company bean counters/fuel policy and to some extent FF and by lack of infrastructure overseen by DoIT. Under the circumstances both crew did a stellar job with two different in-flight management strategies, which ended up with the same result i.e. both aircraft safely on the ground….my lid goes off to them! However Jaba makes IMO a valid point about a prudent decision to uplift more fuel in certain times of the year, I would add that maybe that should be company policy and not left up to the skipper to make the call. The reason being is that those decisions are made on the hop when your sitting in a warmer climate probably CAVOK and just getting back into work mode and not really projecting towards the trip ahead. Combine that with a TAF that reads like this (from ATSB report): Time: 1925 - YIR crew at flight briefing Adelaide TAF TAF YPAD 171703Z 1718/1824 VRB05KT 9999 FEW030 SCT045 FM181000 VRB05KT CAVOK RMK T 06 06 11 14 Q 1018 1018 1020 1020 Adelaide METAR METAR YPAD 171900Z 07004KT 9999 FEW022 05/04 Q1018 RMK RF00.0/000.0 TTF: NOSIG Here is a basic description for radiation fog: Radiation Fog On a cloudless night, especially within a high pressure system, the land surface loses heat to the atmosphere by radiation and cools. Moist air in contact with cooling surface also cools and when the temperature falls below the dew point for that air, fog forms. This type of fog is known as radiation fog. Formation of Radiation Fog Initially it may be mist that forms and then thicker fog as the temperature drops and more water vapour condenses into water droplets in the air. Air does not conduct heat very well so in still air conditions fog may not form at all and a layer of dew or frost will form on the surface instead. However, if there is a light wind of around 5 kts, then this will mix the air in contact with the surface and the layer of fog will be thicker. With stronger winds, the fog may lift to form layers of Stratus. One other thing I noticed in the prelim report is that the bureau have 'bloody well done it again', read this footnote (page 10 of the ‘report’) for their definition of a SPECI: Special Reports (SPECI) are aerodrome weather reports that are issued whenever weather conditions fluctuate about or are below specified criteria. These specified criteria relate to broken or overcast cloud conditions below specific heights or visibility less than specific distances. These heights and distances are specific to each location and require the provision of an alternate aerodrome. Special weather reports will also be issued when there are specified wind changes, hazardous weather events occur at aerodromes, when wind shear is reported, when the temperature changes significantly, the air pressure changes significantly or any incidence of any other phenomena likely to be significant to the operation of an aircraft. METAR/SPECI A METAR is a routine report of meteorological conditions at an aerodrome. A SPECI is a special report of meteorological conditions, issued when one or more elements meet specified criteria significant to aviation. SPECI is also used to identify reports of observations recorded ten minutes following an improvement (in visibility, weather or cloud) to above SPECI conditions. Doin a Kelpie….:ok: |
CAsA pineapples ASA, Xenophon pineapples CAsA.
This is probably suited for this thread.
The best bit is the comment by the astute Xenophon when he questions why it is that CAsA allowed ASA to get to this dismal point in the first place? Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian |
Didn't Dolan make a commitment to review re opening the Pel Air investigation on the 24th of this month.
Now if this report was January this year was it mentioned in the senate inquiry? |
Profile – Senator David Fawcett
Phelan article on Senator Fawcett is well worth a read!:ok:
Profile – Senator David Fawcett Some may disagree with some of his ideas but there is no doubt he has a strong commitment to improving the industry and it would appear he is actively involved in writing the Coalition policy. Strategically sound models Fawcett is acutely aware of the criticism that there is no “one voice” that speaks for the aviation industry. “I actually think a better way to oversee safety is to split the industry into its relative sectors. High-capacity RPT could be one segment, then regional airlines, EMS/air ambulance operators, airwork and agricultural operators, and then general aviation. Each of those sectors could then nominate the group they are happy to have representing their views and to work with CASA on their behalf. At the moment the regulator will say it consults with industry, but the feedback I’m getting from a lot of people in the industry is that it’s more like ‘sit down and let me tell you what we’re going to do’ as opposed to industry saying ‘well, this is best practice, this is how industry would like it to work,’ and the regulator then looking at it and saying: ‘yes, there’s no safety case to prevent that, therefore we will adopt by and large what you have actually put forward.’ “So that’s the formulation of the regulations and rules side of it. On the audit side there are a couple of models. One is the basic aviation risk standard (BARS) model, where you have an acknowledged standard and you have a third party who actually comes and does the audit and the regulator’s role is to make sure that the safety management system is in place, and that the audit is about how it is applied, and best practice, and is done by somebody who has competence in the relevant industry sector. “There is also potentially a role for Company X to say ‘look, we’re quite happy to have Company Y to provide an audit team member to assess our operations and we’ll send one of our people to audit theirs as part of the team.’ That may or may not work for commercial reasons, but I think there are more ways to skin this cat than having the regulator being the rule writer, policeman, and the judge. “My sense is that we can do a lot better, and one of the starting points for that is having a whole of government strategy for aviation as a starting point. A board recruited for CASA needs people who have experience in aviation, not necessarily from a regulatory perspective, but certainly from operating and airworthiness perspectives. As well as your governance issues we need to have a board that should be chosen on the basis of its ability to input and influence the government’s strategic direction for aviation. They then should be appointing the CEO of CASA, and holding him to account to work in accordance with the board’s and the government’s strategic directions for CASA. But it strikes me that there is no whole of government policy. The current Board doesn’t have much aviation experience if any, and the CEO of CASA ends up operating as an almost completely independent entity who can end up setting a completely new direction, for example in regulatory reform. I think there can be a lot more leadership at that strategic level, and I think it will help in determining the resource requirement to ensure safety, and how do we actually work not only to keep the industry safe, but also to empower the industry to grow.” ProAviation closely followed the proceedings of the recent Senate committee enquiry into CASA’s and ATSB’s management of the Pel-Air ditching investigations. So did everybody we spoke to in the industry. They were unanimous in their applause for the professional way in which all participants – particularly Senators Heffernan (Chair), Fawcett and Xenophon – guided the process of the enquiry and the delivery of its report. Numerous industry identities frankly express the hope that Senator David Fawcett will continue to bring his aviation experience and awareness to bear on the creation and maintenance of a sound, credible relevant and supportive regulatory environment. |
Beancounter Beaker’s dilemma and Albo’s elephant in the room!
Sailed past a couple of dates this week. Beaker, Mrdak and Albo remember these??:confused:
24th July: Senator XENOPHON:All right. This goes to another resource issue and relates to the ditching of the Pel-Air flight in November 2009. Without rehashing the report, the basis of the ATSB refusal to retrieve the cockpit voice recorder is based on an interpretation of ICAO annex 13. Is that a fair assessment? Mr Dolan: That is one element of it, as I tried to make clear at the time. Another consideration is in my role as chief executive of the ATSB, with responsibilities under a range of legislation, including the Financial Management and Accountability Act, as to the efficient, effective and ethical use of Commonwealth resources. Senator XENOPHON:So what takes priority: the Financial Management and Accountability Act or ICAO annex 13 in terms of our international obligations with regard to aviation safety and accident investigation? Mr Dolan: In my role I am required to balance my obligation under the Transport Safety Investigation Act to undertake the functions of the organisation consistent with a range of international instruments, including annex 13, but I am also equally required to have regard to the efficient and effective use of Commonwealth resources. They are the decisions that we have to make on a regular basis in terms of how we undertake our work. Senator XENOPHON:So, if you are required to equally assess both, what wins out when it is finely balanced? Is it our international obligations to appropriately and thoroughly investigate aviation accidents or is it budgetary constraints? Mr Dolan: The question we will always need to ask ourselves is how we meet our obligations and what the necessary level of investigation is, and we have to have regard to the availability of resources. For major investigations there will come a point where it is clearly not within our annual budget to deal with the consequences of it. That is certainly the position with any major accident. We already have arrangements in place that, were there a major accident that has an ongoing, above-the-ordinary call on our investigations, we can ask the government for additional funding, but we are always making calls about what we do within our existing resources and what constitutes a major investigation that would require an approach to the government for further funding. Senator XENOPHON:So you have not reconsidered your interpretation of ICAO annex 13 in relation to the retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder in the Pel-Air ditching? Mr Dolan: More broadly speaking and specifically to that question, the recommendations that came out of the committee's report as they referred to the ATSB as an independent agency will be reviewed by the commission of the ATSB—me and my fellow commissioners—so it is not just a decision for me but for the three of us acting collectively in accordance with our legal responsibility. Senator XENOPHON:In the financial year that the Pel-Air ditching occurred, you were within budget, weren't you? You were not over budget at the end of that year. Mr Dolan: We had a surplus at the end of that year, correct. Senator XENOPHON:So you cannot say that the decision not to retrieve the cockpit voice recorder was due to budgetary constraints, because by the end of that financial year you still had a surplus. Mr Dolan: I still had to have regard to the likely and projected costs of recovery, what my available resources were and what I needed to do with them. Senator XENOPHON:It is another jurisdiction, but I think the ATSB is involved in Indonesia and does provide assistance. In the recent crash of a Lion Air 737 off Bali earlier this year, the cockpit voice recorder was retrieved at a great cost and difficulty even though the crew survived, because annex 13 requires it and the international community expects it. Is there any possibility that you will reconsider the decision not to retrieve the cockpit voice recorder in relation to the Pel-Air incident? Mr Dolan: There is a possibility—in fact, there is the certainty—that the commissioners will reconsider it. That is part of our review of the recommendations of the committee. Once we have done that, we will report back on the results of our consideration. Senator XENOPHON:And when do you think that will be reconsidered? Mr Dolan:At this stage—and I need to have further discussions with my fellow commissioners—we have a scheduled formal commission meeting on 24 July. At this stage, that is when we would expect to consider all the recommendations of the committee. Senator XENOPHON:I think Senator Edwards raised this during the inquiry. Is there a possibility that ATSB will consider reopening that investigation based on the findings of the Senate committee report? Mr Dolan: We have a recommendation in front of us from the committee that says that we should do that and we will have due regard to that recommendation. Senator XENOPHON:The committee has criticised the ATSB in relation to its report on the Pel-Air ditching. You are now in a position to reconsider whether you ought to reopen the investigation. Do you think it is appropriate that an independent person outsourced by the ATSB—an aviation expert—make recommendations as to whether it ought to be reopened given that there is a fundamental conflict? It is sort of like Caesar judging Caesar in the context of what ought to be done with respect to reopening the investigation. Mr Dolan: I hear what you are saying, Senator. A matter obviously I would have to discuss with my fellow commissioners is what information and advice they may wish to rely on in reconsidering the decision that has been made. Senator XENOPHON:Do you think it is appropriate that there be some independent assessment as to whether the investigation be reopened given that there would be, on the face of it, an apparent conflict with the board effectively having to make a call as to whether it should be critical of its previous report? Mr Dolan: No, I do not. I see that our responsibilities as the commissioners of the ATSB in meeting the functions of the organisation are something that we are required to appropriately consider. What information we draw on to make those considerations I think is a matter for us. Senator EDWARDS:Are you seriously considering judging yourselves on this information again? Mr Dolan: We are seriously considering weighing all the information that has been available through the Senate committee and other material that might come to light in making our decision as we are required to do under our legislation. Mr Mrdak: Clearly these are matters which the government will need to consider in the light of the Senate committee's report. Senator EDWARDS:Sure, I am trying to give you some guidance. Mr Mrdak: We do appreciate that. Mr Dolan is quite correctly putting the position of the commission regarding its legislation. The matters that have been raised in the report and the issues both Senator Xenophon and Senator Edwards have just raised are matters that we will put to the minister as part of the government's response. http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64d00ca1.jpg The three little pigs, none of which has any aviation experience at all, should have had their little meeting by now??? Therefore I can only gather that Beaker is currently, doing what he does best, crunching the numbers and seeing if the budget can stretch to a) Lifting the CVR/FDR; and b) re-opening the investigation. So is there an announcement imminent? Or will Beaker and Co continue to obfuscate and spin the matter till the election? Next date was the 26th July, which if you remember was the D-day for the Estimate QONs. Not that it is unusual for Albo and his cronies at DoIT to go by the ‘use by date’ on outstanding QONs, in fact it is the norm, example: Senator HEFFERNAN:Welcome, Mr Mrdak. I would just like to emphasise the disruption and the unfairness demonstrated—not necessarily by the department—on questions on notice. They came back, and I have no idea how long they were in the minister's office, and were received by this committee on Friday at two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Religiously and with great precision DAFF have their questions back on the given day, and we commended Minister Ludwig yesterday for that. But sadly the questions on notice from Minister Albanese's office are always late. It is unfair to the committee and, as a consequence of the late afternoon on Friday, the hardworking people in the secretariat had to work on Friday night and Saturday just to process the questions. I think that is most unreasonable. There is no strategic reason. Bugger it—the questions and the answers are the questions and the answers, and if they are on paper we ought to be entitled to see them in time to get our head around them. They can often be important issues—and I am sure that Senator Fawcett is about to raise important issues—that we need to thoroughly process in the best interests of the Australian public. Senator FAWCETT:Mr Mrdak, I want to come to the issue of the process of the department to respond to reports of the Senate. You would be aware that a report was tabled into a couple of areas of your responsibility last week. In accordance with various decisions of the Senate the minister has three months to respond. That three-month period will fall right in the middle of the caretaker period, which means that significant safety issues could potentially be stretched out beyond four or five months before resolution, which is unacceptable. Could you tell the committee what your plan is to make sure that those issues are addressed in a timely manner, given the overlapping of significant time frames? Mr Mrdak: We are certainly aware of the serious issues raised by the committee's report that was tabled last week in the Senate. The minister has sought urgent advice from agencies in relation to the matters raised by the Senate committee. We are now in the process of providing that advice to the minister. The minister certainly does recognise the need to urgently review and address the recommendations. I am not in a position here today to give you an exact time frame as to when the minister and the government will formally respond to the report but I think we all are very conscious of the fact that with the date of the federal election being proposed for 14 September and caretaker mode notionally starting on around 12 August that would fall within the normal three-month period. I can only say to you that the government is giving this serious and urgent consideration and looking to expedite its response as best it can. Senator FAWCETT:I accept that you cannot speak for the minister and when he will release his response but can you give the committee an undertaking that the department's response to the minister will occur in sufficient time so that he can respond before the caretaker mode? Mr Mrdak: Certainly that would be our intention. As I said, the minister has sought advice. In preliminary discussions with him on the issues involved he has sought that advice as a matter of urgency and we are doing that now, along with our portfolio agencies. Senator HEFFERNAN:It weighed heavily on the minds of all members of the committee—and you will note it was a unanimous report—that we address the issues raised in the way we have. We absolutely wanted to be open and honest in that report and we did not want to have even the slightest prospect that in future there could be a calamity which would come back to haunt our conscience. Mr Mrdak: I appreciate that, Senator, and the department is as a matter of urgency preparing advice for the government to consider on the issues raised. Senator IAN MACDONALD:Mr Mrdak, I appreciate that you cannot with accuracy indicate when your advice will be ready, but you would have some idea of when you might be in a position to submit advice to the minister. Is it likely to take a day, a week, a month? Mr Mrdak: We already have officers in the department—and clearly me and senior officers—who have carefully read the report now. I have had discussions with my senior officers. We envisage being in a position to provide some initial advice to the minister, I expect, certainly within the next week to 10 days in relation to it. We have been through the process of the budget and now estimates. I envisage having conversations with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority CEO and the head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in the coming days to ascertain their views, to enable me to provide a comprehensive view to the minister, I would hope by the end of next week. Senator IAN MACDONALD:Thank you for that. Senator Thistlethwaite, as the minister representing the minister, can you give any indication of what timing the minister might adopt in relation to this important report and the government's response to it? Senator Thistlethwaite:I cannot give you an indication now, Senator, but I can take that on notice and see if we can come back to you before the end of the day. Senator IAN MACDONALD:That would be great, thank you. http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...ps19828a14.jpg And the IOS continue to wait patiently...hmm and it is now less than a month before the Government response is due!:rolleyes: http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ce298c2.jpg |
Sailed past a couple of dates this week |
Pretty sure that was why 24th July was stated. All lost in caretaker mode.
The report that must not be mentioned has not been mentioned in casa briefings either. |
Yep great report with some very relevant recommendations. ATSB and to a lessor extent CASA come out looking dodgy. Do you know what happens now? The government has 3 months to reply. That reply is drafted by the same agencies that the report critisizes, three months from now the current government is in caretaker mode then there is an election. Assuming a new government they take a few months to get into the groove of being in power, then its Christmas the summer holidays and now its February 2014. |
Mrdak gives Beaker his marching orders?? Perhaps this clip explains the stupid decisions made by the ATSBeaker in recent years?
Special appearance by the Screamer..... |
Fort Fumble out of control or totally in control??
From Phelan's latest:
Most of Australia’s general aviation aircraft fleet was on track to be effectively grounded on Thursday of this week (August 1 2013), if a “maintenance direction” signed off by CASA director John McCormick on July 4 of this year had slipped past industry scrutiny and become law. Estimates of the number of affected registered Australian aircraft vary between 75% and 98% of the entire GA fleet of aircraft classified as subject to “Class B” maintenance requirements. Maintenance mayday – screw-up or conspiracy? Opinion "Safe Skies are Empty Skies!":ugh: |
and that Sarc'sy old mate, is why it costs three times as much to operate the same aircraft in Australia as it does in the US.
Australia is becoming so safe, nobody will be able to afford to fly, except on airlines with political clout and the money to call in the lawyers. Oh well we can always drive, much safer than flying anyway. All those aircraft falling out of the sky everyday in the US, they should adopt Australian regulations that would put an end to that. Then where would we buy our aircraft from? Oh forgot we are taking the bus or driving are'nt we. |
Conspiracy...???
Methinks....mmmm...yep.:mad::mad::mad:
Some clown in CAsA recently stated that only RAAF and airlines should be in Oz skies. :{ Skull ex both...and all the rest of us, the non experts and ills of society are too dangerous and should not be allowed to use the valuable airspace. :yuk::yuk::yuk: Or I could be wrong. :ok: "Never believe that a clever plan has had robust and thoughtful input, when it can be shown to be the result of just plain old, natural stupidity and ignorance" Keep this up and the only thing buzzing around in "Safe Skies" will be blowflies. :mad: |
GA and Jackboots
Yes indeed, another Fort Fumble screw up. The incompetence of these buffoons knows no bounds. Phelans article gets straight to the point - Fort Fumble incompetence or the systematic buggery of GA? Probably a bit of both I suspect.
CAO 100.5 and its replacement wording are close indeed. It would seem the 'massagers of all rules aviation' have excelled themselves yet again by creating confusion and uncertainty across the sector. Never mind, regs are a game. A game to be played by bored incompetents who enjoy 'playing god with aviation'. Either way GA will pay the price yet again, in one way or the other, literally by way of costs or physically when Inspector Plod splits your ring gear in half as he leaps out of the bushes and jams his jackboot up your clacker quicker than a CAsA executive diving into a trough! The Jackboots are on, CAsA Inspector Plod is warming up and ready to launch into various unsuspecting GA outfits. Beware, this is what is coming to a remote rural aerodrome, farmers paddock or maintenance shed near you; Cairns, Bankstown or Townsville; |
Friend or ennui.
Can any of the politically wise heads clarify the situation? does Krudd have to recall parliament now and if he does, then can the Senate committee start head hunting again?.
Plenty to go around – DoiT beneath the radar, ATSB on stress leave and CASA playing silly buggers with "regulatory" reform and toasting folks just back from leave (wusn't there M'lud, I was on leave and just quietly mixenmytoesits). There are questions on budget cuts and the devious methods employed to fill some coffers and to protect existing monies; that must be a job on the Estimates to do list, after seeing to all the other, outstanding issues. It's a bit sad when a political hiatus can halt the good work done and the drones all grab the small advantage; using heaven sent time to raise the barricades, fortify their position, disappear the evidence, bury the bodies and patch up the holes in the dyke. On the bright side, there still remain more holes than they have thumbs for sticking in. Soon or late – time will catch up. Perhaps the experimental mating of a bald eagle with a weport wabbit will produce the desired results, some more interesting legal spaghetti and procedural prostitution. LSD must be tearing it's hair out, what with the FOI commission looking through a microscope at past antics, present manipulations and future obfuscations. Aye well, time will tell the tale – eventually. Meanwhile, I'm doing a roaring trade in vomit buckets and pooper scoopers here in limbo land. Get on with it Kevin....http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/badteeth.gif...http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/pukey.gif |
Mating habits aviation style
Guten morgen Herr Kharon,
Perhaps the experimental mating of a bald eagle with a weport wabbit will produce the desired results, some more interesting legal spaghetti and procedural prostitution. However there is a certain amount of risk in mating a bald eagle with a wabbit, and I fear the imminent birth of a hybrid executive with one chromosome missing with a penchant for hurling abuse (hmmmm where have i seen that before?) while coating the office floor in rooster booster (which incidentally is good for pot plants and for making executive bonuses grow fertile). Herr Kharon also said; LSD must be tearing it's hair out, what with the FOI commission looking through a microscope at past antics, present manipulations and future obfuscations. Now, just for ****s and giggles I presume, but a little eagle in Can'tberra tells me that consideration is being mounted for another senate inquiry, but this time into the Holy Grail of incompetence - the 25 year $200 million CAsA Reg reform program! Now that would be a hoot. Can you imagine the scrambling in FF - searching for minutes, records and documents as well as accurate costings (better find all those cab receipts), reports, milestones and goals, actual achievements?? It seems that perhaps the jackboot may now be on the other foot?? "Sicher ananas fur alle" |
Crooks and shonks
It will take more than a senate inquiry to remove the heart of this corrupt organisation. Aleck, Terry F, Boyd are all long term system abusers who have tricked, fooled and conned decades worth of DAS's, senators, auditors and those seeking to expose their sly underhanded ingrained methods. Add to this Mr Flyingfiend Anastasi, the NQ shonk Campbell and Chambers and Weeks and you have the evils of aviation.
Terry Farquaharson should be investigated for giving his mate an I.T contract without following the tender process. He should be sacked for promoting his brother-in-law Max to the position of field office manager in Melbourne nd then moving him into compliance when HR received bully complaints. Crooks, shonks, thieves, liars and absolute turds. |
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Go for it Casaweary, don't hold back son! Tell it like it is!
P.S You really should make regular appearances, at least weekly mate :ok: |
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