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GlenB embuggerance update: 28/08/24

Via the AP emails:

Dear Mr Hanton.

Thankyou for confirming that the legal area, and specifically that  Mr Aleck never accessed our systems and procedures, My expectation was that Mr Aleck would have accessed the systems to make his assessment. In fact it is quite concerning that he did not look at them or assess them, and that reinforces my view that his actions and decisions were malicious rather than being based on evidence or any identified  deficiencies.

Regarding the two allocations of passwords to the relevant CASA personnel.

The first CASA team that was involved in the design and revalidation of APTA did have access during the development stage and approval, and were conversant with the system.

When the new CASA team was allocated, the access was provided in September of 2019. The FSM system was a highly advanced system requiring training, and none of the CASA personnel that were issued the access codes undertook the associated training in the system which was offered to them, and they would not have been able to operate the system or understand the system.

The comment "it has been identified that the APTA Operations Manual suite contains multiple references to information stored within the organisation’s FSM system, rather than documenting this information in the organisation’s manual suite",

leaves me in no doubt as to the confusion. The comment suggests that some "new discovery" was made .The system was an entirely "real time" system that was web based and required computers. The highly complex systems, quite simply cannot be put on paper inside the Exposition as you cant track aircraft, and qualifications, duty times etc in real time on an older paper based system that we had moved away from, and was explained, discussed and considered at length with CASA, and was the exact system that CASA had approved 18 months earlier as being completely fit for purpose.

The fact that CASA only "identified" that our complex systems required real time access via a web based system, leaves me in little doubt that the team allocated to CASA for the process of closing down APTA had little to no idea of what they were dealing with. Those had been the systems that had been in place for many years and CASA had audited on multiple occasions, after CASA had approved those exact systems 18 months prior as part of the revalidation of CASA in  April 2017.

These are only observations, and I do not require comment against them unless you are in disagreement with me, and feel that comment is necessary, or you feel that you need to personally defend Mr Alecks actions and decisions.

Respectfully

Glen Buckley

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On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 at 12:52, Hanton, Jonathan <Jonathan.Hanton@casa.gov.au> wrote:

Hi Glen


I’ve set out responses to your questions of 19 August 2024 below.


Thanks


Jonathan

• Did Dr Aleck access APTA’s Flight School Manager System (FSMS), and if so, how?
  

Dr Aleck confirmed he has never accessed (or sought access) to APTA’s FSMS.

• Are there any records of CASA ever reviewing APTA’s Flight  School Manager System.
  

Yes.

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On 12 September 2018, CASA emailed APTA’s then Head of Operations:


As part of the regulatory service task assessment of the LTV and BLT locations, it has been identified that the APTA Operations Manual suite contains multiple references to information stored within the organisation’s FSM system, rather than documenting this information the organisation’s manual suite.


As a result, in order for the LTV and BLT assessments to progress, CASA requires access to the FSM system via remote login. Our understanding is that a remote login was discussed with the previous oversighting team, due to the contents forming part of the organisation’s approved exposition, but not actioned.

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On 19 September 2018 APTA replied:



Thank you for your time yesterday, always a pleasure dealing face to face.


One of the action items discussed yesterday was the granting of access to APTA’s tools as referred to by our exposition/OM’s.


1.            The FSM access given to your Team (1CASA and 2CASA) have now been given Group Administrator privileges. Both profiles now have read/write access to the APTA FSM in its entirety.

2.            Similarly, as on occasion our Exposition will refer to our “Reference Library” that is in the Cloud (Office 365 Sharepoint). The login details below grants your Team read only access to all of its content.


https://www.office.com

Username: casa@auspta.com.au

Password: Apta1909

Note …  In 06SEP we have uploaded the new Edition 3 REV 0 of our manuals for reading then signing at the end of this week by our staff (1. Operations Manual/For signing 21SEP18). Each similar folder in every Base contains copies of OM’s 1 to 5, the Summary of Changes from previous Edition, and the respective Base Procedures Manuals (if active).

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On 20 September 2018, CASA replied:


Thank you for arranging full access to the APTA FSM system and Office 365 Sharepoint site.


Also on 20 September 2018, a CASA inspector distributed instructions to the Certificate Management Team oversighting APTA on how to access APTA’s reference library:

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From: Hanton, Jonathan
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2024 11:51 AM
To: Glen Buckley <defendapta@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Complaint that Mr Aleck never assessed existing systems and procedures. [SEC=OFFICIAL]


OFFICIAL


Hi Glen

Thanks for your email, I acknowledge receipt.

I hope to be in a position to provide a preliminary response to the following questions that should address the queries you’ve made (highlighted below) later this week:

• has Dr Aleck ever accessed APTA’s Flight School Manager System, and if so, how; and
  
• Whether there any records of CASA ever reviewing APTA’s Flight Management System.
  

Thanks

Jonathan

MTF...P2