Nail on the head. Not sure about the authentic part but the latter of the two seems to be the straw that broke the camels back. :ouch:

From a friend of a friend of a friend. it is a rumor site after all. lolz :E

Happy and Safe holidays folks. :)

Torres,
Don't we all !!
Tootle pip!!

PS: Said old mate actually is quite busy in PNG right now??

Who did the DI?
Surely the candidate should be the one doing the daily as part of the test.

If the a/c is not airworthy (expired MR, part of the DI check I would think) then the flight is cancelled, or don't they teach that anymore?

Mr Gibson reported on abc as " we have got no faith that the aircraft are being looked after in the way that they should be"
Faith is an interesting word to use, maybe it's to do with mabo, you know the whole vibe

I did not think "faith" painted on the Govt's radar.

I wonder how "faith" will stand up in court as a defence for canceling the AOC. Or will other reasons be brought forward.

601 - common sense is no longer in the day VFR (or IFR) syllabus it would seem!

VH-XXX:

As to your first question, I am aware of a certain member of the judiciary who was driven at very high speed up the Yarra in an inflatable, at night, with lights off to avoid detection by Harbour control, wearing a dinner suit, to attend a function at a city club. He missed pre dinner drinks, Very James Bond. However that is not the problem....

The problem is "the double bind" where an employer has a formal culture of following the regulations, but an informal one of encouraging employees to break the rules to save money and punishing any employee who won't "go along". That puts the entire onus, if anything goes wrong or the infraction is detected, on the employee.

...And the first thing that happens when something bad happens is just what you said:"Why did you break the regulations, you should have refused", and the poor bastard says "but, anybody who refuses gets fired and I need my job!"". At which point the high and mighty owner says "no we don't we tell you to follow the regulations to the letter".

The CASA boys know this. Every ethics course teaches it. I am sensitive to it because I had it tried on me by Exxon, As a brand new engineer, I was responsible for an oil terminal, Twenty One million litres of highly inflammable petroleum products and Thirty Six road Tankers with F&*& all staff and budget for maintenance. The company had reams of manuals I was meant to follow, but no money was provided to do so. It took me Eighteen months to realise that I was set up as a patsy if anything went wrong, so I left and joined an airline where I thought people had higher moral and ethical standards than Exxon.


...and in general, with only Two exceptions, the airline was an ethical place.

I don't think anyone really likes CASA, however
if any of the usual suspects here have any 'evidence' then there are plenty of avenues to take your case too to have CASA investigated.
Otherwise you remind me of people who get done for speeding. then whinge about the police, the courts, the law, traffic lights etc etc.
Is anything other than your bias fuelling your 'suspicions'?

There may be plenty of other operators out there who do the right thing. But they must be somewhere else in the world because they are not too evident in Oz, sad to say. Of course the major airlines and a few of the regionals do the right thing most of the time. They have the finances to do this, and it probably helps that they don't face too much in the way of under-cutting competition. The good, compliant and ethical GA operators in Oz could probably be counted in single digits. I can only think of one extant and one now sold out.
At the bottom of the aviation food chain it is feral and anyone who believes otherwise probably still believes in Santa Claus.

You jest Biggles? There has been reasonable grounds to investigate CASA's actions in a number of instances over the past twenty years, however no Minister for Transport or Government would ever allow that to occur. There is no practical avenue to hold CASA to account.

Leadie. I heard that. His move to PNG may raise the average IQ of both CASA Australia and CASA PNG. :}

ABC News: Queensland-based airline Barrier Aviation will remain grounded until February next year over safety concerns.

Qld airline to remain grounded for months - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Thanks Allan, for link to ABC article.
I trust casa has acted in the interests of safety. Xmas eve is a gd time to bury bad news and not get much or any adverse press attention.

Yes, there is the senate inquiry for one. I'm sure the cases of Barrier and Hardy will be brought up there in February.

I agree damned if you do damned if you don't act. The senate has been asking why casa didn't act too.

My concern is there appears a real 'us and them' attitude and conflict between parties. I'm not sure this approach is working for safety in Australia?

All the while the rumour running around FNQ has this being all based on the ramblings of a not so recently sacked employee, one who is having trouble finding another flying job.

Guys I think out of respect for the employees if barrier, it would be best to post no further comments in regards to the operations past or present. I wish all the staff and pilots the best for Christmas and New year and hope that either what has happened is overcome or the staff move on to a brighter future in 2013.

I know someone pretty well who worked there for several years - it comes as no surprise.

Yes, let's all bury our heads in the sand!!!!

Extended till 15th Feb now.....unless...??

Bugger:uhoh:

Guess nobody in GA wants to employ a dibber dobber. :confused:

No lets not bury our heads in the sand. Lets just watch what is being said on a public forum and how it may affect the staff of said company over what should be a stress free holiday.
Time and Place.

Amen to that!

This affects a lot of people, many of whom have absolutely nothing to do with the base in question and are innocent in all of this.

Anywho Christmas is drawing near, hope everyone enjoys it as best they can :)