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Can anyone confirm the couple of rumours floating around that the RAAus fleet will be grounded in three days time and that CASA have had their funding curtailed by the govt that will hamper their out in the field ops and hiring of new staff.
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My contacts at CASA say "no", but maybe your contacts are better thanmy contacts 
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Mr Leafblower,
As strange as this may seem your smoke signals have been subject to strong winds.
Mr fencehopper's transmission has been detected elsewhere and may be close to the truth.
What comes of all this will be interesting to say the least.
As strange as this may seem your smoke signals have been subject to strong winds.
Mr fencehopper's transmission has been detected elsewhere and may be close to the truth.
What comes of all this will be interesting to say the least.
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VERY strong winds it would seem 69'er...! as to whether this is the start or the end, stay tuned!
Aircraft Registrations and Renewals
November 9, 2012 | opsassist
Following a CASA Directive RA-Aus is unable to process aircraft registrations, including renewals until further notice.
RA-Aus regrets this inconvenience and the board and staff are working closely with CASA to resolve this situation as soon as possible.
This notice will be updated by close of business Monday 12 November 2012, or earlier if there is any change.
Aircraft Registrations and Renewals
November 9, 2012 | opsassist
Following a CASA Directive RA-Aus is unable to process aircraft registrations, including renewals until further notice.
RA-Aus regrets this inconvenience and the board and staff are working closely with CASA to resolve this situation as soon as possible.
This notice will be updated by close of business Monday 12 November 2012, or earlier if there is any change.
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My rumour hears CASA will be grounded in three days and RA-Aus have had administrative funding slightly curtailed due to same CASA grounding.
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Given it is Friday afternoon and there is nothing on the CASA website, one can only assume there is a pool of ungerdunger that is investigating itself when they were paid servants elsewhere, but now employed by CASA.
Same CASA staff I understand who watched a PPL doing paid for joyflights, did nothing, then lamented the loss of the same aircraft and it's passengers.
What else would you expect!
EDIT to add and notwithstanding the previous text, I am assured the RUMOUR is 99.99% bull$hit. The rest will be addressed by Monday hopefully.
Same CASA staff I understand who watched a PPL doing paid for joyflights, did nothing, then lamented the loss of the same aircraft and it's passengers.
What else would you expect!
EDIT to add and notwithstanding the previous text, I am assured the RUMOUR is 99.99% bull$hit. The rest will be addressed by Monday hopefully.
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If you don't register aircraft on weekends and everything will be sorted by Monday, then what is the point of putting the message up on Friday afternoon?
I am sure it will be sorted, though I am skeptic it will be 100% OK again by Monday...
I am sure it will be sorted, though I am skeptic it will be 100% OK again by Monday...
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The optimist in me says that it will be resolved by Monday but in reality I don't think CASA will be working overly hard this weekend to resolve this.
It would seem that every time CASA looks closely at RA-Aus record keeping specifically around LSA aircraft, each stone unearthed presents a multitude of missing formal documents which has systematically grounded a number of aircraft recently, type by type. Luckily it would seem that RA-Aus has done the right thing and grounded them type-by-type versus wholus-bolus.
It would seem that every time CASA looks closely at RA-Aus record keeping specifically around LSA aircraft, each stone unearthed presents a multitude of missing formal documents which has systematically grounded a number of aircraft recently, type by type. Luckily it would seem that RA-Aus has done the right thing and grounded them type-by-type versus wholus-bolus.
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This is a RA-Aus matter that has to be resolved, from my information, by them. They are capable of working weekends and I understand the .01% problem is being addressed.
It's actually a CASA delegation problem. ....
CASA legal are working to issue new delegations to the relevant industry groups.
CASA recently found that the industry delegations issued are not correct,
As it transpires, no one in the industry including CASA themselves, can issue any authorisation (C of A, Maint Authority) that requires a condition to be imposed. CASR 11.056 requires it to be a delegated function, no one has that delegation.
Clowns running the circus again.
CASA legal are working to issue new delegations to the relevant industry groups.
CASA recently found that the industry delegations issued are not correct,
As it transpires, no one in the industry including CASA themselves, can issue any authorisation (C of A, Maint Authority) that requires a condition to be imposed. CASR 11.056 requires it to be a delegated function, no one has that delegation.
Clowns running the circus again.
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I vote, the entire aviation industry in OZ, private pilots, large and small commercial operations, inlcuding QANTAS, Virgin, etc, from this point on, Ignores CASA and operated to FAA standards...
If this were to happen, just what would CASA do? Tomorrow I'm flying under my FAA part 103 regulation. Etc etc etc...
If this were to happen, just what would CASA do? Tomorrow I'm flying under my FAA part 103 regulation. Etc etc etc...
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Nah, they'll just take the usual hit: knock off early Friday and return Tuesday after a flexi day Monday. Then it's catch up Wednesday, Admin Thusday, meeting Friday (morning). It's the stress you know: "ah, the bells, the bells".
Don't ring us, we'll ring you...
Don't ring us, we'll ring you...
Last edited by Kharon; 9th Nov 2012 at 19:07.