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Andersen appointed Chair as Minister revamps Advisory Group
6 December 2019
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Andersen, who is the Vice President Pacific Council of the International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA), is a 30-year pilot and aircraft owner and co-chair of the industry organisation Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group’s (ASTRA) Satellite-based Augmentations Systems sub-group.
GAAN was previously known as the General Aviation Advisory Group (GAAG) and was chaired by former Royal Flying Doctor Service CEO Dr Martin Laverty, who has since left both the network and the RFDS.
“The members of the Network are selected based on their skills and expertise in the aviation industry and come from a cross-section of the diverse general aviation sector," McCormack said. "This includes training, manufacturing, maintenance, sport and recreation, rotorcraft and fixed wing aircraft, aerial applications, remotely piloted aircraft systems and medical operations.
“I look forward to continuing to work closely with Mr Andersen and the General Aviation Advisory Network to ensure Australia’s general aviation sector remains viable and safe.”
Members of the new network are:
Andrew Andersen (Chair) – Vice President International AOPA
Catherine Fitzsimons – Owner and Chief Pilot, Ward Air Flight Training
Mike Higgins – CEO, Regional Aviation Association of Australia
Marguerite Morgan – Business Development Manager, GippsAero/Mahindra Aerospace Company
Phil Hurst – CEO, Aerial Application Association of Australia
Michael Monck – President, Recreational Aviation Australia
Peter Gash – Managing Director and Chief Pilot, Seair Pacific
Phillip Reiss – Director, Yowie Bay Pty Ltd
Paul Tyrrell – CEO, Australian Helicopter Industry Association
Grahame Hill – President, Air Sport Australia Confederation
Reece Clothier – President, Australian Association for Unmanned Systems
David Bell – CEO, Australian Business Aviation Association
Marc De Stoop – CEO, Falconair
Paul Tyrrell and Grahame Hill are also new to the network, replacing colleagues Peter Crook and Mike Close respectively.
In June 2018, the then GAAG was tasked with creating a GA Flight Plan that would prioritise tasks for the group based on the 2018 Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) 2017 survey.
The aims of the plan were to develop a broad long-term strategic perspective for GA, propose how air safety regulation can support GA through clear, consistently applied and proportionally responsible administration; and maintain and enhance GA industry capability through workforce planning and access to airspace and infrastructure.
Andrew Andersen is also a freelance writer for Australian Flying specialising in technology.
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...rOLvzhv.99
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AGAA plans GA Summit for 2020
5 December 2019
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The Australian General Aviation Alliance (AGAA) is planning another general aviation summit for next year to co-incide with the two-year senate inquiry into regulation announced this week.
AGAA last held a GA summit in Wagga Wagga in July 2018, which prompted the government to make changes to the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
AGAA–through executive partner AOPA Australia–has already stated that it will attend all public sessions of the senate inquiry in order to make sure the voice of the GA community is heard clearly.
"We've already been to Canberra to discuss how we're going to bring this body of work forward so that the review is digested by the [inquiry] panel," said AGAA spokesperson, AOPA's Ben Morgan, "and we will start this process next year with our second general aviation summit, which will be held around March.
"We'll have the members of the senate RRAT attending, and we've extended an invitation to the Deputy Prime Minister and are waiting a reply from his office.
"We'll be opening up the 2020 summit not just to the industry associations, but also to aviation businesses and individuals. We'd like to see the summit attended by the largest number of people possible."
Morgan said that AGAA hoped that after the summit the alliance would be in a position to collate the concerns of the general aviation community and present it as evidence at the inquiry hearings due to start around June or July next year.
AGAA is yet to announce to location and date for the summit.
The last AGAA summit brought together over 30 industry associations and was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack, the Shadow Minister for Transport and now Federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese, CASA Group Manager - Stakeholder Engagement Rob Walker, International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Secretary General Craig Spence and Senator Slade Brockman from WA.
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Andersen appointed Chair as Minister revamps Advisory Group
6 December 2019
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack yesterday appointed former AOPA Australia president Andrew Andersen as the chairman of the new General Aviation Advisory Network (GAAN).
Andersen, who is the Vice President Pacific Council of the International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA), is a 30-year pilot and aircraft owner and co-chair of the industry organisation Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group’s (ASTRA) Satellite-based Augmentations Systems sub-group.
GAAN was previously known as the General Aviation Advisory Group (GAAG) and was chaired by former Royal Flying Doctor Service CEO Dr Martin Laverty, who has since left both the network and the RFDS.
“The members of the Network are selected based on their skills and expertise in the aviation industry and come from a cross-section of the diverse general aviation sector," McCormack said. "This includes training, manufacturing, maintenance, sport and recreation, rotorcraft and fixed wing aircraft, aerial applications, remotely piloted aircraft systems and medical operations.
“I look forward to continuing to work closely with Mr Andersen and the General Aviation Advisory Network to ensure Australia’s general aviation sector remains viable and safe.”
Members of the new network are:
Andrew Andersen (Chair) – Vice President International AOPA
Catherine Fitzsimons – Owner and Chief Pilot, Ward Air Flight Training
Mike Higgins – CEO, Regional Aviation Association of Australia
Marguerite Morgan – Business Development Manager, GippsAero/Mahindra Aerospace Company
Phil Hurst – CEO, Aerial Application Association of Australia
Michael Monck – President, Recreational Aviation Australia
Peter Gash – Managing Director and Chief Pilot, Seair Pacific
Phillip Reiss – Director, Yowie Bay Pty Ltd
Paul Tyrrell – CEO, Australian Helicopter Industry Association
Grahame Hill – President, Air Sport Australia Confederation
Reece Clothier – President, Australian Association for Unmanned Systems
David Bell – CEO, Australian Business Aviation Association
Marc De Stoop – CEO, Falconair
Paul Tyrrell and Grahame Hill are also new to the network, replacing colleagues Peter Crook and Mike Close respectively.
In June 2018, the then GAAG was tasked with creating a GA Flight Plan that would prioritise tasks for the group based on the 2018 Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) 2017 survey.
The aims of the plan were to develop a broad long-term strategic perspective for GA, propose how air safety regulation can support GA through clear, consistently applied and proportionally responsible administration; and maintain and enhance GA industry capability through workforce planning and access to airspace and infrastructure.
Andrew Andersen is also a freelance writer for Australian Flying specialising in technology.
Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...rOLvzhv.99
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AGAA plans GA Summit for 2020
5 December 2019
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The Australian General Aviation Alliance (AGAA) is planning another general aviation summit for next year to co-incide with the two-year senate inquiry into regulation announced this week.
AGAA last held a GA summit in Wagga Wagga in July 2018, which prompted the government to make changes to the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
AGAA–through executive partner AOPA Australia–has already stated that it will attend all public sessions of the senate inquiry in order to make sure the voice of the GA community is heard clearly.
"We've already been to Canberra to discuss how we're going to bring this body of work forward so that the review is digested by the [inquiry] panel," said AGAA spokesperson, AOPA's Ben Morgan, "and we will start this process next year with our second general aviation summit, which will be held around March.
"We'll have the members of the senate RRAT attending, and we've extended an invitation to the Deputy Prime Minister and are waiting a reply from his office.
"We'll be opening up the 2020 summit not just to the industry associations, but also to aviation businesses and individuals. We'd like to see the summit attended by the largest number of people possible."
Morgan said that AGAA hoped that after the summit the alliance would be in a position to collate the concerns of the general aviation community and present it as evidence at the inquiry hearings due to start around June or July next year.
AGAA is yet to announce to location and date for the summit.
The last AGAA summit brought together over 30 industry associations and was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack, the Shadow Minister for Transport and now Federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese, CASA Group Manager - Stakeholder Engagement Rob Walker, International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Secretary General Craig Spence and Senator Slade Brockman from WA.
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