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Can'tberra & Montreal in a parallel universe?? - The who's who of Hoodoo

I know the above is tracking over much trampled ground but seeing the seemingly ageless Doc A, fresh-faced and brimming with vim, vigour & much spin-n-bulldust at Estimates the other evening, got me thinking again about his role in the diabolical PelAir Cover-up.

A couple of very relevant quotes from PT blog - 

A video reminder that the redone Pel-Air report is now due  

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comet
Posted February 7, 2016 at 10:56 am | Permalink

There also needs to be another investigation into why our aviation safety organisations are failing to investigate / regulate properly.
Otherwise they’ll do it again.

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Simon Gunson
Posted February 9, 2016 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

Whilst I agree with you Comet on the need to investigate the investigators, to borrow a phrase from Brock McEwan, Real Politik is that ATSB are faithfully doing their master’s bidding. If that means covering for CASA, then so be it. In a word, it is called political corruption.

It is their masters who have the back of Dolan & co covered. Dolan knows he can do no wrong. In Monopoly they call it a get out of jail free card.

The ATSB has to be seen for what it is. A political animal. A taxpayer funded PR spin agency masquerading as an impartial investigative agency. As long as the leadership of ATSB has no integrity and no backbone, nothing will ever change.

I know it is semantics but from the video (above) I have been trying to capture Doc A's name plate to see what his title now says. If anyone can do that then it would be much appreciated .  The reason being that the Doc is quoted in an excellent article from Airlines International (published a mere week ago) on 'Just Culture' :

Just culture can improve safety:

The adoption of Safety Culture, and by default Just Culture, by ICAO, will, however, present a challenge to some member states and access to all the diverse data that could make a difference could be hindered.  “We recognize there are sovereign legal systems that regard an accident as, in the first instance, something that is a potential criminal act,” said Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s Associate Director of Aviation Safety, Jonathan Aleck.

Australia is not a country that begins with a criminal investigation, Aleck highlighted. Its airlines have adopted Just Cultures and in its latest annual review for 2015, Qantas said: “We are proud of our strong, ‘just culture’ of reporting and our dedication to learning from our experiences. And we strive to maintain an environment that encourages trust and confidence in our people to report hazards and incidents and suggest safety improvements.”

Nations whose airlines do face a criminal investigation team, whether they have Just Cultures or not, according to Aleck. He said: “In some jurisdictions there is a strict program [of aviation regulation]. The idea of just culture doesn’t fit well with those kinds of regimes, where the first people on the scene are often criminal investigators.” - Classic from the man who speak with fork tongue

 
From the man who brought us the toxic 2010 ATSB/CASA MOU & some extra 1000s of pages of legalese to the regulations, that make the Bible pale into insignificance, yet even he cannot accept that with the CASA organisational restructure, that he has been demoted, shuffled sideways & down a bit in the pecking order; or is this just another sign that OST is just dribbling weasel words to appease his political masters & that nothing has really changed...       

Just a confirmation that Doc A is still listed as the ADAS, from Hansard released today:

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Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Mr Mark Skidmore, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Jonathan Aleck, Associate Director of Aviation Safety - FFS haven't you inflicted enough damage? You parasite just 'GO AWAY'

Mr Roger Weeks, Acting Executive Manager, Standards

Mr Gerard Campbell, Executive Manager, Operations

Mr Peter Cromarty, Executive Manager, Airspace and Aerodrome Regulation

Mr Craig Jordan, Acting Executive Manager, Industry Permissions

Mr Adam Anastasi, Executive Manager, Legal Services

Ms Eleanor Dean, Acting Group Manager Stakeholder Engagement

Mr Brian Keech, Acting Executive Manager, Corporate Services

Mr Simon Frawley, Acting Chief Finance Officer

MTF...P2