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AMROBA July Newsletter

Via the AP emails...

To all members,

ICAO is a great source of where and what we should be doing in this country to grow our own sectors of Australia’s commercial industries.

The July Edition of the Newsletter addresses these issues.

ICAO, in conjunction with its Member States, has provided standards, procedures, processes, guidance and Resolutions on how to meet and improve aviation safety.

This raises questions from those that work within the engineering aspects of aviation.

Harmonisation of Regulations

We note that ICAO, North America, Central America and the Caribbean are working on regional rule harmonisation, and we can’t even obtain one with NZ.

In 1992, ICAO’s Resolution: A29-3: Global Rule Harmonization was introduced and supported at that time by both Department & Agency

Question:         1992 – 2026      What action has been taken by government to harmonise?

Outcome:        Harmonisation of Australia’s aviation regulatory system would enable Australia’s engineering disciplines, design, manufacture, maintenance to participate globally, especially with Asia Pacific Rim nations.

Why won’t Australia adopt all ICAO operations sectors?

Why isn’t the FAA Air Taxi operations rules added to our Charter Operations regulations to enable higher utilisation of the same aircraft?

• eVTOL vehicles will become new Air Taxi aircraft in the near future.
  

The difference between Charter and Air Taxi is paperwork – red tape.

Next Generation of Engineering Personnel

We have had a shortage of maintenance personnel for over 2 decades.

ICAO has an abundance of information, guidance and resolutions on how to address the shortage of maintenance personnel if only Australia would adopt some of it.

For instance, in 1992  the ICAO Assembly Resolution A39-9 Next Generation of Aviation Professionals provides excellent guidance.

The 39th ICAO Assembly, in 2016 urged Member States to:

''..Urges Member States to work with the aviation community to identify long-term human resources needs and establish strategies to attract, educate and retain in the sector aviation professionals, considering gender equality;

2.  Encourages Civil Aviation Authorities [CASA] to communicate and cooperate with government education and labour bodies, the TRAINAIR PLUS Programme (TPP) network and the aviation industry to develop strategies for promoting aviation and developing competent aviation professionals and retaining them within States;

3. Encourages Member States to facilitate, through internationally agreed upon guidance and assessment practices for mutual recognition of qualifications and licenses, administrative procedures to allow for the free flow of professionals across borders;”

It really appears as though government and its agencies pay lip service to ICAO Standards, Practices and especially ICAO Assembly Resolutions.

Click on the links to see who attended these ICAO Assemblies supporting these resolutions.

Notice there is minimal political participation in these ICAO Assembly meetings.

Ken Cannane
Executive Director
AMROBA

Phone: (02) 97592715

Mobile: 0408029329

www.amroba.org.au

Safety All Around.

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