2017 and all that..
We are now halfway through AD 2022; on the first day of this month our million bucks a year CASA Director produced another touchy-feely blurb, designed to tell us that all was well; and, (importantly) CASA were in the process of 'getting real'. You can read this fatuous, sugar coated pony-pooh - HERE -
Spence - "We’re as keen as you are to identify and resolve any issues with the way the regulations work in practice. We can only do that if you work with us and let us know about anything that seems like an unintended consequence." - (Bucket required).
Duck 'Keen' - insert desperate. For three decades - industry has been loudly, actively, consistently sending in carefully made 'submission' to the many inquiries, which, in essence, tried to point out the many ways which CASA were producing the absolute mess the aviation industry is trapped in today. Thousands of man hours wasted achieving absolutely nothing of practical or intrinsic value. Take a look at any aerodrome you care/ dare to visit - you can wait all day at somewhere like Bankstown to see the number of aircraft movements you used to see before breakfast seven days a week; it is a graveyard now. CASA has had a lot to do with this situation - perhaps Spence could begin by acknowledging the blame and do something toward recovery. But no - we get twaddle - twaddle which makes it perfectly clear that CASA is still firmly on track for perdition - read this one line to get the whole story:-
Spence - Our aim was to simplify and clarify the requirements to reduce the regulatory burden and costs on aerodromes while at the same time improving safety.
The word 'was' - gives the game away. Platitudes, tea and sympathy while an industry implodes, the building on aerodrome land continues. but both the Essendon and Mangalore fatal accidents remain unshriven, unanswered and unresolved. If our dynamic duo of Biskin and Spence were anywhere near 'fair-dinkum' both of those events would have had resolution in the affirmative i.e. fixed. There are another 30 odd serious and perhaps as many again borderline 'potential' events which have a history of 'close calls' unresolved. Time CASA stopped being in 'denial' and acknowledged the dreadful mess they have landed a once flourishing industry in.
“I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.”
For those (like Spence and Biskin) who have not grasped the nettle and taken a long hard look at exactly what CASA is - in reality - consider this list; Pel-Air; Essendon, Mangalore, Angel Flight, Buckley and Andy Pascoe (to name but a few of many) there is the reality Spence et al refuse to acknowledge. Aye, a reality fix is in order, no doubt about it. Alternatively, if the blood and guts of that reality is too gruesome for their delicate taste; just grab half a dozen operations manuals and plough through them to see what a dreadful cock-up CASA have created. Perhaps its time to get some dainty, little greedy hands dirty and deal with the beast. I believe the last time anyone said "let them eat cake' created a small domestic upset; in France wasn't it?
“Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.”
While I'm 'at it' perhaps the time has arrived to sort out Airservices. I cribbed the following quote from the UP - it is a complex matter - however, the post once again clearly defines the fundamental flaws inherent within the current system.
GF - "The point of this thread is that ICAO provides rules and procedures that member nations have signed up to, they include the airspace categorisation. The Minister is allowing CASA and Airservices to ignore those rules and procedures and invent a hybrid which may or may not work. (I am also pretty sure the Minister would not understand the nuances) Airservices claims to have written a safety case around SFIS, but has refused to release the document. CASA OAR wrote a report about Mangalore which apparently decided SFIS would not work. I say apparently because the report was removed from the CASA web site almost as soon as it was posted. No doubt at the behest of Airservices. The very essence of a safety case is that it should be public (not to mention how a publicly owned government agency is allowed to have secrets!). So my only conclusion has to be that it contains conclusions that SFIS created either a Class A (unacceptable) or Class B (can only be accepted by a General Manager) risk that is being withheld from the flying public".
Lastly we must find some sympathy for the ATSB; and, we did. From the NTSB - when we ask our contacts in the USA to take a look at a report - (pick one) they simply shake their heads and look glum; except when they bust out laughing.
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
Yet the highly paid Spence and her motley top drawer crew firmly believe that you can actually fool all the people, all of the time.
Spence - "The Part 139 changes are an example of the ongoing program of reform CASA is undertaking to deal with issues industry has raised with us while we also refine the structure of the organisation itself".
I call BOLLOCKS.
“Exposing an illusion is not the same as revealing a truth”
Aye well; sat here I can see on the workbench a very old refectory table; French walnut mostly; it has survived a couple of centuries of use - and disuse; repair and restore the order. As I do the work I shall wonder of the men who made it, the times they lived and the tools they used; and the tales this old table could tell. Can I coax it to tell it's secrets: sure bet I'll try.
Selah..
We are now halfway through AD 2022; on the first day of this month our million bucks a year CASA Director produced another touchy-feely blurb, designed to tell us that all was well; and, (importantly) CASA were in the process of 'getting real'. You can read this fatuous, sugar coated pony-pooh - HERE -
Spence - "We’re as keen as you are to identify and resolve any issues with the way the regulations work in practice. We can only do that if you work with us and let us know about anything that seems like an unintended consequence." - (Bucket required).
Duck 'Keen' - insert desperate. For three decades - industry has been loudly, actively, consistently sending in carefully made 'submission' to the many inquiries, which, in essence, tried to point out the many ways which CASA were producing the absolute mess the aviation industry is trapped in today. Thousands of man hours wasted achieving absolutely nothing of practical or intrinsic value. Take a look at any aerodrome you care/ dare to visit - you can wait all day at somewhere like Bankstown to see the number of aircraft movements you used to see before breakfast seven days a week; it is a graveyard now. CASA has had a lot to do with this situation - perhaps Spence could begin by acknowledging the blame and do something toward recovery. But no - we get twaddle - twaddle which makes it perfectly clear that CASA is still firmly on track for perdition - read this one line to get the whole story:-
Spence - Our aim was to simplify and clarify the requirements to reduce the regulatory burden and costs on aerodromes while at the same time improving safety.
The word 'was' - gives the game away. Platitudes, tea and sympathy while an industry implodes, the building on aerodrome land continues. but both the Essendon and Mangalore fatal accidents remain unshriven, unanswered and unresolved. If our dynamic duo of Biskin and Spence were anywhere near 'fair-dinkum' both of those events would have had resolution in the affirmative i.e. fixed. There are another 30 odd serious and perhaps as many again borderline 'potential' events which have a history of 'close calls' unresolved. Time CASA stopped being in 'denial' and acknowledged the dreadful mess they have landed a once flourishing industry in.
“I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.”
For those (like Spence and Biskin) who have not grasped the nettle and taken a long hard look at exactly what CASA is - in reality - consider this list; Pel-Air; Essendon, Mangalore, Angel Flight, Buckley and Andy Pascoe (to name but a few of many) there is the reality Spence et al refuse to acknowledge. Aye, a reality fix is in order, no doubt about it. Alternatively, if the blood and guts of that reality is too gruesome for their delicate taste; just grab half a dozen operations manuals and plough through them to see what a dreadful cock-up CASA have created. Perhaps its time to get some dainty, little greedy hands dirty and deal with the beast. I believe the last time anyone said "let them eat cake' created a small domestic upset; in France wasn't it?
“Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.”
While I'm 'at it' perhaps the time has arrived to sort out Airservices. I cribbed the following quote from the UP - it is a complex matter - however, the post once again clearly defines the fundamental flaws inherent within the current system.
GF - "The point of this thread is that ICAO provides rules and procedures that member nations have signed up to, they include the airspace categorisation. The Minister is allowing CASA and Airservices to ignore those rules and procedures and invent a hybrid which may or may not work. (I am also pretty sure the Minister would not understand the nuances) Airservices claims to have written a safety case around SFIS, but has refused to release the document. CASA OAR wrote a report about Mangalore which apparently decided SFIS would not work. I say apparently because the report was removed from the CASA web site almost as soon as it was posted. No doubt at the behest of Airservices. The very essence of a safety case is that it should be public (not to mention how a publicly owned government agency is allowed to have secrets!). So my only conclusion has to be that it contains conclusions that SFIS created either a Class A (unacceptable) or Class B (can only be accepted by a General Manager) risk that is being withheld from the flying public".
Lastly we must find some sympathy for the ATSB; and, we did. From the NTSB - when we ask our contacts in the USA to take a look at a report - (pick one) they simply shake their heads and look glum; except when they bust out laughing.
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
Yet the highly paid Spence and her motley top drawer crew firmly believe that you can actually fool all the people, all of the time.
Spence - "The Part 139 changes are an example of the ongoing program of reform CASA is undertaking to deal with issues industry has raised with us while we also refine the structure of the organisation itself".
I call BOLLOCKS.
“Exposing an illusion is not the same as revealing a truth”
Aye well; sat here I can see on the workbench a very old refectory table; French walnut mostly; it has survived a couple of centuries of use - and disuse; repair and restore the order. As I do the work I shall wonder of the men who made it, the times they lived and the tools they used; and the tales this old table could tell. Can I coax it to tell it's secrets: sure bet I'll try.
Selah..