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Su_Spence WALOB?? - 

(Bucket will be required - )

TB said:

If Auntie Pru is not giddy by now I have no doubt that by the time she's read the latest email confection from mother goose Spence her head will be spinning like a top. I tried to copy it to this forum without success, beyond my feeble IT skills.
Where's P2 when you need him. WARNING: Make sure you have a bucket handy when you read it.

Sorry mate a bit slow on the uptake, as it seems I am no longer on the mailing list?? It would also seem that the Su_Spence weasel worded Xmas missive is not available for general consumption and/or it is just totally impenetrable on the new CASA website??

However I have now tracked down a web version of the seriously intellectually insulting Su_Spence WALOB..

 

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Thank you and what's in store for 2022

As 2021 slips behind us, I am writing to you to both say thank you for your ongoing focus on safety and also to outline important initiatives in the pipeline for the year ahead. CASA has quietly begun working on a wide range of reforms that will benefit many people and organisations across the aviation community, particularly in the general aviation sector. These align with the commitments made by the Australian Government today in their Aviation Recovery Framework. You will see concrete outcomes in the course of 2022 and beyond.

Your COVID achievements

Firstly, I would like to pay tribute to everyone in the Australian aviation community for the way you have managed the pressures and challenges imposed by the COVID pandemic. Many people lost work or had hours cut, many businesses were shut during lockdowns and restrictions meant even flying for fun was curtailed. CASA did as much as we could to ease regulatory burdens through a special package of measures and I hope this did indeed help many people. We'll continue to review and adjust as we have been and as issues arise.

Despite the challenges posed by COVID we have all continued our strong commitment to maintaining safety. Everyone in aviation should feel proud that we've continued to operate safely. This is aviation at its best - responding to a fresh challenge, identifying risks and professionally managing those risks for the best possible safety outcomes.

Regulatory change

This last year saw the introduction of the new flight operations suite and the new fatigue requirements amongst other changes that have literally been decades in the making. These have modernised, consolidated and improved key safety obligations for just about everyone in the industry. We know regulatory change places additional workload on many people and organisations and we have been doing our best to keep these demands to a minimum. I want to personally thank everyone who has been devoting time and resources to the transition to these regulations and rules and assure you we will continue to provide support and guidance as the transition phases are completed.

Many of the significant safety improvements to come from these new regulations are still ahead of us - whether it's checking and training or safety management systems. While we have deferred the requirements for these, they are the things that will make a difference to our safety record and to safety culture. Please consider transitioning to those earlier if you can, being mindful of the safety benefits that they bring. I also want to assure you that these reforms signal the start of continuing efforts by CASA to reduce unnecessary industry burdens while improving safety If any issues arise, I encourage you to reach out to us to discuss.

What's next

As we look ahead to 2022, there are reforms in train that are focused on delivering tangible benefits on addressing longstanding issues raised with us by the GA community. Work is underway to make regulatory changes that will assist private pilots, general aviation maintenance, maintenance training, flying training, aerial work, aerial application and sport and recreational flying. We are developing a general aviation work plan for 2022 and this body of work will build a consolidated picture of all the activity we already have underway. We're also continuing to look at what improvements and changes we need to make that will benefit other sectors in the industry.

The aim is to cut through regulatory red tape as much as is possible while not jeopardising appropriate and necessary safety standards. We need change to get the balance right between the regulations that are required to deliver the safety outcomes expected by the Australian public, without imposing unfair burdens on day-to-day operations.

Key initiatives include:

• Reducing maintenance costs for industry: to support private and aerial work operators we are considering the mandatory applicability of the Cessna SIDs program, introducing new general aviation maintenance regulations and considering new rules for aircraft maintenance
  
• Supporting flight training: we are looking at how we expand privileges for some flight instructors to improve flight testing, revisiting how we administer the Flight Examiner Rating, and looking at how we can work with industry to prioritise other initiatives
  
• Supporting regional and remote areas: we are looking at ways to improve access to training and reviewing the fatigue rules for aerial application operators
  
• Encouraging growth of the sector: we are considering a new small aircraft maintenance licence to address training limitations impacting the GA sector, putting in place a weight increase for aircraft administered by Recreation Aviation Australia, reviewing the associated stall speed and reviewing aviation medical standards for private operations (including a potential 'self-declared' medical).
  

Safe festive season

The year past has been fraught with difficulties and while we may not be totally out of the COVID 'woods' yet, I think we can look ahead with optimism. I can assure you CASA will be working in 2022 to make meaningful reforms that protect our hard-won reputation for world-leading aviation safety, while striving to ease the regulatory and red tape burden. Can I wish you and your family all the best for the festive season and I hope you have a safe and productive 2022.


All the best
Pip

Pip Spence
Chief Executive Officer/ Director of Aviation Safety

Other than being a work of bureaucratic comedic relief in the lead up to Xmas, I am simply staggered that Su_Spence has the temerity to front up with this unbelievable weasel worded work of fiction (ie. WALOB)? Especially after her last performance in the McDolittle GA inquiry - here's a reminder:

Ref:GA Inquiry witnesses rating - From Gold Star (chocfrog) to WOFTAM??  & Angel Flight submission back up unaltered??

       
UDB??  Time for Su_Spence to walk the plank me thinks...


MTF...P2