Most of those editions of ‘Stating the facts’ were published in the wake of the Western Australian government’s and public’s anger and disbelief at CASA’s response to the Amber Millar tragedy. Part of that anger and disbelief arose from one of the most monumentally stupid statements ever made by CASA in a strong field of stupid CASA statements:
“We encourage people to always check pilots are appropriately licensed and qualified to fly and to report any safety concerns they may have to CASA or the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.”
Ordinary members of the public wouldn’t know how and what to check. That’s CASA’s job.
Reciting the intended effects of the rules in a CASA webpage does not turn a member of the public into an expert capable of ascertaining whether a bunch of documents put under their nose means a person is “appropriately licensed and qualified to fly” an aircraft they’re about to jump into. And then there’s the minor issue of working out whether the aircraft is airworthy for the flight. Let’s put the CofA, MR and logbooks under the punter’s nose, too, so the punter can ‘check’ that as well. Best give them all the weather forecasts and reports and NOTAMs as well, after ‘stating the facts’ about the difference between VMC and IMC and how to ‘check’ the aircraft equipment, pilot rating and aerodrome rules are being complied with.
Monumentally stupid.
As Bill Engvall would say: Here's Your Sign.
“We encourage people to always check pilots are appropriately licensed and qualified to fly and to report any safety concerns they may have to CASA or the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.”
Ordinary members of the public wouldn’t know how and what to check. That’s CASA’s job.
Reciting the intended effects of the rules in a CASA webpage does not turn a member of the public into an expert capable of ascertaining whether a bunch of documents put under their nose means a person is “appropriately licensed and qualified to fly” an aircraft they’re about to jump into. And then there’s the minor issue of working out whether the aircraft is airworthy for the flight. Let’s put the CofA, MR and logbooks under the punter’s nose, too, so the punter can ‘check’ that as well. Best give them all the weather forecasts and reports and NOTAMs as well, after ‘stating the facts’ about the difference between VMC and IMC and how to ‘check’ the aircraft equipment, pilot rating and aerodrome rules are being complied with.
Monumentally stupid.
As Bill Engvall would say: Here's Your Sign.