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Sorry Leadsled - I have been on here a loooooong time (more fool me) and its always the same.... a rush outrage and then silence with no change.
I know Dick is a great bloke with a great many good works to his credit.
Cheers.
I know Dick is a great bloke with a great many good works to his credit.
Cheers.
Horatio,
Dick has engineered change time and again, but it is the amazing power of what has become known as the CASA "iron ring" that, as time passes, things revert.
A good example, right now, is the steady reversal of what was put in place with Parts 21-35 in 1998, giving us exactly the same rules for design, certification and manufacturing as the US.
The hard core of CASA, the iron ring, hated the who idea, because it removed their power to bugger around any Australian manufacturer ( of components, the big market, not just whole aircraft) with Australian unique requirements. That's why all the main players work to FAA and/or EASA certification, not CASA, and that is despite the US/Australia Bi-Lateral Airworthiness Agreement.
What has been visited on Gippsland Aeronautics, now Mahindra, alone, is appalling. This operation will move offshore, because on-shore they are uncompetitive, as a result of the way CASA operates.
The whole NAS airspace saga over the years is the most obvious, the forces of ignorance ranged against having an efficient and economical ICAO compliant CNS/ATM have been immense, as a result we still have an inefficient and uneconomic system. The immense cost of ADS-B, with the industry paying, again for an Australia unique set of restrictions (have a look at the FAA or Eurocontrol ADS-B requirements) is already a killer.
Tootle pip!!
Dick has engineered change time and again, but it is the amazing power of what has become known as the CASA "iron ring" that, as time passes, things revert.
A good example, right now, is the steady reversal of what was put in place with Parts 21-35 in 1998, giving us exactly the same rules for design, certification and manufacturing as the US.
The hard core of CASA, the iron ring, hated the who idea, because it removed their power to bugger around any Australian manufacturer ( of components, the big market, not just whole aircraft) with Australian unique requirements. That's why all the main players work to FAA and/or EASA certification, not CASA, and that is despite the US/Australia Bi-Lateral Airworthiness Agreement.
What has been visited on Gippsland Aeronautics, now Mahindra, alone, is appalling. This operation will move offshore, because on-shore they are uncompetitive, as a result of the way CASA operates.
The whole NAS airspace saga over the years is the most obvious, the forces of ignorance ranged against having an efficient and economical ICAO compliant CNS/ATM have been immense, as a result we still have an inefficient and uneconomic system. The immense cost of ADS-B, with the industry paying, again for an Australia unique set of restrictions (have a look at the FAA or Eurocontrol ADS-B requirements) is already a killer.
Tootle pip!!
