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Frustration of the Alphabets - A common theme??

Courtesy KC and the AMROBA band, via the AP email chains - :

 

To all members,

The October Newsletter raises subjects that is the basis of why we have a shortage of engineering participation.
It does not explore the shortage caused by the lack of GA pilot training.
Red Tape reduction is a prime area that has to be addressed.

It is of concern that the Public Service, that includes CASA, DITRDC, DEWR, etc., etc., still don’t work together to reduce the duplication of regulation and red tape. Civil aviation maintenance training is such a sector where CASA and DEWR areas duplicate and add unnecessary costs. The introduction of CASR Part 66/147 created additional costs and basically abandoned the TAFE system after decades of cooperative concurrence.

The most interesting aspect is that Minister’s advisors, Departments and CASA can all agree on a pathway that can positively help resurrect civil aviation manufacturing and maintenance but getting the action needed to start the recovery plan seems insurmountable.

The hold-up is with the Public Service decision makers; they need to finalise the internal paperwork processes, that they create, to get aviation functioning  again.

The October Newsletter covers a number of subjects.  The aims:

• Global recognition of the Australian manufacturing and maintenance systems in their own right.
  
• Adopt a multi-Department/Agency approach to civil aviation manufacturing & maintenance.
  
• In other words, remove duplication.
  

Congrats to the Department/CASA for the recent re-election to the ICAO Council as a Level 1 NAA. Now we want to see them live up to the expectation of a Level 1 NAA.

Maintenance training must be controlled by DEWR through the TAFE college system and it must have the capability to provide short courses for the various training required for all levels of maintenance qualifications. E.g. cover non licence training for recreational owners to improve safety in Australia as well as to support apprenticeships in the aeroplane and helicopter industry. This must also include a pre-employment course, like NZ, to provide the practical skills that are not taught in secondary schooling any more.

CASA is tasked to implement the Annexes Standards, so why do they consult on the details?
During my period of involvement with regulatory reform, the Annex Standards were taken as written to be complied with.
All industry were in agreement, it was how they were adopted – performance based or prescriptive regulations.
At the time, most industry opted for performance based but some in industry preferred prescriptive regulations.

AMROBA fully supports harmonisation with these Standards to open up the global civil aviation engineering markets to Australian manufacturers and maintainers.

When will they make it happen?

When will they ask themselves what benefit to safety does a regulation or red tape provide?
They should set a target of a 50% reduction in costs to industry.

Regards

And from BM AOPA Oz:

Every once in a while.....

Master Morgan of the AOPA on occasion provides a video on the face-book platform which is well worth the time to watch and listen. The subject is pilot medicals and it is fairly well articulated; however, the really important message runs a little deeper. The message delivers an accurate overview of the way in which not only CASA standard operational practice works, it drags in the incredible waste of time and money spent working against industry efforts to have a sensible, practical, working system of administration and regulation fit for purpose.

_ HERE _ is the link; take the time to watch and 'hear' the underlying message.

&/or..

Well done Master Morgan; nicely played..

MTF...P2