[Kharon]

I was going to have a poke about and see what we could expect in the form of an “aviation advisor” to the new minister.  It’s a fairly important role, considering that Chester will, in all probability, defer to the guidance offered.   Anyway, “Lead Sled” posting on the UP did a thumbnail sketch which saves me the bother.  Cheers LS.

Voice for Aviation or Cuckoo in the Nest.

Folks,

As some of you will be aware, the new Minister for Infrastructure and Transport has a new Aviation Adviser.

He is Steven Campbell, who has a most interesting CV (according to Linked In) starting as a GA instructor, CFI at Tyabb, moving up a traditional path into Regionals, and then cracking it with Cathay, where it looks like he finished up on B777 as a Training Captain.

Then --- maybe --- it all changes, joining CASA and eventually becoming Project Manager for Part 61/142/142. The greatest disaster in the history of aviation regulation in Australia.

Any body know if he has quit CASA, or is he on secondment/leave of absence to go to the Minister's office.

Is he going to be a voice for industry, and what must be done, including fair dinkum action on the Forsyth Report ??

Or is he a very cunning CASA plant, to sell the CASA line that everything is really hunky dory in Australian aviation, it's just a matter of industry malcontents getting too much publicity, Senators who are an irritant, and the NZ rules won't work, because they "don't meet Commonwealth legislative drafting protocols" ( like much other Commonwealth legislation that comes from O/S, that has been "incorporated by reference" in Australian legislation).

And Parts 61/141/142 are really ground breaking legislation that other NAA are panting to copy --- according to the CASA "official" line.

Tootle pip!

Certainly food for thought;  or the stuff of nightmare.   Handing over.