(10-15-2015, 04:39 AM)kharon Wrote: Why is it that we get Beaker wittering and obfuscating about serious issues when the worlds best are making serious moves to address the problems?
A must read from Reuters – HERE –
The NTSB have got the ball rolling – HERE – and in their consummately professional way make the events easy to follow –- HERE.
How nice it would be if our crippled ATSB could follow the NTSB lead instead of running about in ever diminishing circles.
Toot too
The Bearded, Buffoon Beaker's Bottom line? - FY2014-15
Strangely, with little to no fanfare, our resident bean-counting, MH370 super sleuth Muppet has released the ATsB Annual Report 2014-15
Perhaps it is because BBB knows that the IOS could not but help taking the Mickey Bliss & calling BOLLOCKS on his yearly review..
Quote:Chief Commissioner’s review 2014–15
This was the ATSB’s sixth year as a fully independent body within the Infrastructure and Regional Development portfolio. In addition to the continuing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, 2014–15 saw the completion of a range of significant investigations and some significant governance changes for the ATSB.
In July 2013, I requested the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) to conduct an independent objective review of our safety investigation methodologies and processes. I asked that they benchmark Canadian methodologies with ours and compare both with international standards. The TSB looked, in particular, at three of our substantial investigations including the ditching of a Pel-Air Westwind jet off Norfolk Island in 2009 (AO-2009-072). This investigation had been strongly criticised in some quarters and was the subject of a report by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee.
The TSB report, released in December 2014, found that the ATSB’s investigation methodology and analysis tools represent best practice, and have been shown to produce very good results.
At the same time, the report highlighted room for improvement, particularly in relation to the way our processes were applied to the Pel-Air ditching investigation. - Do you reckon??
In response to the TSB review, the ATSB decided to reopen the investigation into the Pel‑Air accident. A completely new team was appointed to review the original investigation and associated report in light of any fresh evidence, relevant points from the TSB review and other recent aviation reviews. The ATSB expects to complete the reopened investigation in the first quarter of 2016. - What about transparency? UFB!
Oh well at least we can be assured the Senators will be watching & waiting on the progress of the report..
After carefully considering the other findings and recommendations of the TSB report, the ATSB accepted all of them. We have worked our way methodically and carefully through implementation of the recommendations of the TSB review, resulting in improvements to the future work of the ATSB. Being able to compare our approaches and learn from our respected colleagues in Canada has been a valued opportunity. - Where's the proof? Who in their right mind would trust this Muppet -
In November 2013, in keeping with a pre-election commitment, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Hon Warren Truss MP, commissioned a review of Australia’s aviation safety regulation system. This was to see how our safety regulation system is placed to deal with this economically important industry. Following completion of the report the ATSB contributed to the Government’s response.
On 3 December 2014, the Deputy Prime Minister made a statement in Parliament confirming that the Government fully supports the vital role of the ATSB. To give effect to a pre-election commitment, he undertook to appoint an additional Commissioner with aviation experience and to issue a new Statement of Expectations.
In accordance with the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement, Mr Chris Manning was appointed as a Commissioner with effect from 9 March 2015. Chris has brought a wealth of experience in aviation as an expert pilot and prominent aviation manager, and from his arrival has made a very valuable contribution to our work.
The Deputy Prime Minister issued a revised Statement of Expectations on 19 April 2015. The statement largely confirmed our existing focus and direction, but also required us to implement the relevant parts of the Government’s response to the Aviation Safety Review Report and the agreed recommendations of the TSB review. The ATSB’s response to the Statement of Expectations is set out in our Corporate Plan. - Yeah but where exactly? Have a look here - 'Just culture' & incident reporting probity?. Until such time as the potential for embuggerance from a historically sociopathic, big "R"egulator then any SOI buried in the corporate plan is just more spin & BOLLOCKS from BBB.
The issuing of a Corporate Plan was part of our implementation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). To meet the requirements of the new PGPA Act, we have implemented more comprehensive business planning and risk management processes. These are all being managed consistently with our safety priorities, which have been at the centre of our SafetyWatch communication and safety awareness direction for the last three years.
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Southern Indian Ocean has been a major commitment during the whole year. It has involved complex and challengingactivities including:We have worked with our Minister and our Malaysian and Chinese counterparts to keep them informed of the search progress and enable joint decisions to be made when required...
- conducting ground-breaking technical analysis to determine the appropriate search area
- determining the processes and standards necessary to undertake an unprecedented underwater search
- selecting highly capable contractors with the expertise and equipment to conduct the search
- continuing project and financial management
- dealing with the incredible level of interest and enquiry from all over the world.
..Resource constraints
As reported last year, our resource situation led us to reduce our workforce by approximately 12 per cent. We have experienced further budgetary restraint this year despite the additional resources provided to undertake the search for MH370. Budget restraints have had a significant effect on our responsiveness and flexibility and continues to affect our capacity to conduct investigations. Our performance statistics for the year show this very clearly, particularly in regard to the timeliness of our investigations. This year, I have incorporated a table in our performance reporting which shows our longitudinal results over the past three years.
Safety priorities
Through our SafetyWatch initiative we maintain a continuing focus on nine safety priorities:Outlook for 2015–16
- flying with reduced visual cues
- general aviation pilots
- handling the approach to land
- data input errors
- safety around non-controlled aerodromes
- under-reporting of occurrences
- safe work on rail
- marine work practices
- maritime pilotage.
Resources continue to be constrained. It is a simple fact that with fewer resources we can do fewer investigations, or we must constrain the scope of some of the investigations we do undertake. More than ever, we need to choose those accidents or incidents that have the greatest potential to yield the greatest safety benefit. There remains a substantial risk we will miss an important issue. To minimise this risk, we are focussing strongly on analysis of our data and our investigation findings to identify emerging trends. Our short investigations also play an important role in enabling us to take a closer look at accidents and serious incidents which have the potential for more detailed systemic investigation.
The importance of the work has not diminished and I am pleased that the Government has reaffirmed the value of our work.
Once again I would like to acknowledge the first class work of our investigators and other staff, and to thank them for their continued commitment to the ATSB. I am also grateful for the continuing attention, support and wise counsel of my fellow Commissioners.
Martin Dolan
Chief Commissioner/CEO
What a load of BOLLOCKS!
MTF?...Yep! P2
