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February 2026 Newsletter

Via the AP emails:

To all members and associates,

February Newsletter – Duplicity and Stagnation

As I have been relocating AMROBA’s records to Qld, it has become obvious that regulatory reform has lost direction.

Only Australia’s government system cannot complete a reform that most other nations completed in 2-3 years.

The US obtains reform by placing government directions in the FAA Reauthorisation Act

The last government direction was late in 1990s.

It set up the CAA and original directions.

Now we get Minister Directions and DAS directions – a system that does complete the change other nations achieved.

There were numerous politicians from post war era that provided bipartisan support that has vanished.

The lack of political support means that the private industry is subject to public service directions that lacks the same vision for Australian aviation

Globally, most nations took 2-3 years to align their regulatory system with FAA or EASA.

Our alignment with global standards specified by ICAO SARPs is low.

The same problems exist now as it was a decade back.

If we had a political aviation astute government, maybe the direction could be corrected.

Where are the civil aviation engineering (design & maintenance) free trade agreements

Been wet most of the time since relocating

Ken Cannane

Executive Director
AMROBA
Phone: (02) 97592715
Mobile: 0408029329
www.amroba.org.au

Safety All Around.

MTF...P2