Thought provoking article by Peter Cromarty
Although the article may have touched a nerve or two, my faith in the author's ability to comment on anything was well and truly trashed when as the Manager of the OAR he utilised his own ideas about what was appropriate consultation with the industry he was paid to serve. Now, say again, why did he leave CASA?
His view is perhaps commonly held within CASA. Another CASA manager, Keith Thompson, basically told me exactly the same thing in 2016-17.
A great many of his points are perfectly valid; however, he ignores the fact that
1/. GA serves regional communities in ways that bigger operators won't (without subsidies); and
2/. A strong GA industry is a desirable thing; and
3/. the government, through policy and effective sensible regulation, is in a position to facilitate a strong, safe and growing GA industry.
The fact that despite many enquiries and delegations and much lobbying they refuse to do anything leads me to conclude that is is a deliberate strategy on the part of Government.
A great many of his points are perfectly valid; however, he ignores the fact that
1/. GA serves regional communities in ways that bigger operators won't (without subsidies); and
2/. A strong GA industry is a desirable thing; and
3/. the government, through policy and effective sensible regulation, is in a position to facilitate a strong, safe and growing GA industry.
The fact that despite many enquiries and delegations and much lobbying they refuse to do anything leads me to conclude that is is a deliberate strategy on the part of Government.
...Which brings me around to my conclusion that only political action will change things. There is no point negotiating. Plan NOW to bring down the “liberal” government by negative campaigning in marginal seats.
short flights long nights
Mr Cromarty, you have no idea what is killing GA. The joys of a 15yo hangar rat, washing planes, helping the LAMEs in the hangar, washing more planes in kind for training hours, bumbing rides on positioning flights, hanging around the tarmac airside for literally hours waiting for return flight, getting invited up to the tower for no other reason than being there, bumbing flights in B200s on cargo flights and paper runs, before that those same pilots at a younger age doing the same thing themselves, refueling, taxiing aircraft back to the hangar from the flight line, Mate, Ive got the logbook to prove it over a hundred different aircraft and more than thirty models of everything out of the US....all this is now FORBIDDEN by the fun police. There is way more, like banner towing launches, skud running at zot feet to avoid weather to get the job done without risking life and limb, how to make a plan on the back of a cigi packet and try and learn mental arithmetic tricks...all this made me a better pilot before I even allied.for my licence, soloed in under 7hrs gliders in less than 5, dollars and fractured AC joint stopped me more than anything...that and the advent of the sausage factory in Cessnock...everything that was fun and free now has a reg specifically to stop it. That is what killed GA...forgive me if Im out of line but ****hot, I bad a bloody fun childhood...thats why there are no kids on the fence anymore.
I could not agree more. My vote for post of the year. Reminds me of how I started out.. used to spend hours in the tower.. just to be there and in the hangar and just hanging out to be near aircraft.
...Which brings me around to my conclusion that only political action will change things. ------ That I agree with.
...There is no point negotiating ........ Certainly not with CASA.
...Plan NOW to bring down the “liberal” government by negative campaigning in marginal seats. ...... Then you spoil it. Seriously, do you think you are going to get progress with a union dominated rather far left Labor government --- where the party platform at the next federal conference is likely to re-adopt broad scale nationalisation of industry as policy Indeed back to before 1949???
Tootle pip!!
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PS: Due to the defamation laws, I find it very difficult to say what I would really like to say.
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leadsled, the way negative campaigning works, the party and their policies are immaterial. You are saying that you will oppose anyone who is not FOR you. What that means is that any party with brains will support your agenda. The Israel and Christianity lobbies work both sides. of the aisle to achieve the same objectives.
The fact that despite many enquiries and delegations and much lobbying they refuse to do anything leads me to conclude that is is a deliberate strategy on the part of Government.
The only “deliberate strategies” governments have these days are about their own self-interest. The regulation of aviation was abdicated to CASA decades ago. The issues are big and complex and long-term, and there’s no political benefit in engaging with them.
The tragedy is that the fabric of government is now so weakened that no government of any of the ‘traditional’ political flavours would know what to do to change things, even if they wanted to. The ‘policy’ department is a hollow shell and the minister responsible and their hangers-on change so frequently that their usual biggest achievement is changing the decor in the office.
Thus it’s left to the complicators and the scaremongers and the well-meaning (they’re the most dangerous ones) in CASA to carry on, year after year, decade after decade (on 6 figure salaries) building an ever-growing dog’s breakfast, all in the name of “safety”.
The rhetoric around the Angel Flight knee jerk is Orwellian:
If we were to wait for sufficiently robust data to support an evidence based decision for every individual decision we took in this space, we would have to wait for a dozen or more accidents to occur...
That’s the ‘new normal’ in CASA.
GA needed to have an organisation to represent them during the various consultation processes during the development of regs.
"This is what we are planning to do any questions or feedback? .......Thanks we will carry on doing what we were planning to do anyway, so long as Qantas say it is okay."
There you go, you have been consulted.
leadsled, the way negative campaigning works, the party and their policies are immaterial. You are saying that you will oppose anyone who is not FOR you. What that means is that any party with brains will support your agenda.
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The fact is if CASA was invented before Wilbur and Orville strapped an engine in their 'death' machine we'd all still be riding horses, or have a man with a flag walking in front of our horseless carriage. They would never have negotiated today's quagmire of "simplified" rules to get off the ground.
Overwhelming bureaucracy in Australia is stifling constructive life here, readily apparent as an expat who returns after extended periods away. Great if you are a lawyer but lawyers aren't doers they are don'ters. Unfortunately they are running the joint.
#boiledfrogs
Overwhelming bureaucracy in Australia is stifling constructive life here, readily apparent as an expat who returns after extended periods away. Great if you are a lawyer but lawyers aren't doers they are don'ters. Unfortunately they are running the joint.
#boiledfrogs
The fact is if CASA was invented before Wilbur and Orville strapped an engine in their 'death' machine we'd all still be riding horses, or have a man with a flag walking in front of our horseless carriage. They would never have negotiated today's quagmire of "simplified" rules to get off the ground.
Overwhelming bureaucracy in Australia is stifling constructive life here, readily apparent as an expat who returns after extended periods away. Great if you are a lawyer but lawyers aren't doers they are don'ters. Unfortunately they are running the joint.
#boiledfrogs
Overwhelming bureaucracy in Australia is stifling constructive life here, readily apparent as an expat who returns after extended periods away. Great if you are a lawyer but lawyers aren't doers they are don'ters. Unfortunately they are running the joint.
#boiledfrogs
Sadly, all too true.
Tootle pip!!
