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AMROBA June Newletter etc..

(Sorry KC a bit slow getting onto this my PC recently packed it in -  )

Via the AP emails:

To all Members

Latest Newsletter June 2026

As I researched data for this Newsletter, I ended up reading a few US aviation Acts, e.g. 49 U.S. Code § 106 - Federal Aviation Administration,  that spells out the responsibilities of the FAA’s Administrator, Associate Administrator and even an Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement who must also provide:

“On February 1 and August 1 of each year the Administrator shall submit to the ‘Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives’ and the ‘Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate’ a letter listing each deadline the Administrator missed under this subparagraph during the 6-month period ending on such date, including an explanation for missing the deadline and a projected date on which the action that was subject to the deadline will be taken.”

This places a much higher level of achievement on the FAA,

It is also why US industry associations lobby the members of these committees to attain changes. ARSA, our counterpart, meets regularly with these committees who quite often, combine their  meetings.

It is these committees that develop Bills to drive regulatory change to meet industry requirements; some are safety related, some are commercial based and others, like the new MOSAIC rules, are beneficial to industry participants.

A number of these past Bills have been based on lowering costs to industry participants and travelling public.

According to data that I researched, the majority of changes to the US civil aviation regulatory system has been a result of these two committees.

The more you read of the US Acts, the more you understand why the US civil aviation sector is booming.

The FAA and its administration are subject to quite different and more detailed directions and criteria than what is in Section 98 of the Civil Aviation Act.

In addition, the US Act provides reporting lines, e.g., the Administrator reports to the Secretary of Transport.

The US system does not support the FAA approving non-commercial operations and facilities.

Their reliance on everyone, approved or not, complying with FAR Part 43 has provided a safe aviation system across all sectors.

It makes one wonder what their committees’ reaction would be with the progress of CASR Part 43 that made the Parliament’s carpark in the early 2000s?

If this industry is to be modernised to a similar level of the FAA, EASA, TCA and/or CAA(UK), then Section 98 of the Civil Aviation needs to be modernised.

Creation of standing Government committees to provide the same oversight would be a good start.

We are a decade or two behind advanced regulatory  systems like FAA, TCA, EASA, CAA(UK).

We need a political catch-up project urgently.

Ken Cannane
Executive Director
AMROBA
Phone: (02) 97592715
Mobile: 0408029329
www.amroba.org.au
Safety All Around.

MTF...P2