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ASA the Empire of the RAeS cash cow - Happy trough-feeding for all

Jamie scooped this good news story, via SMH/AFR: 

Airservices to undertake 'unprecedented' freeze of charges to airlines


Date March 15, 2016

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Jamie Freed
Senior Reporter


Airservices Australia costs had been increasing faster than revenue. Photo: James Davies

Funny how News Corp weren't privy to this significant industry story -

Doesn't even rate a mention in today's 'that Man' article via the Oz

Concerns raised about Airservices Australia and OneSKY expenses

• Ean Higgins
  
• The Australian
  
• March 18, 2016 12:00AM
  

 On the now 2nd VH-NGA OVERDUE  Final..Final report, perhaps we could start an official O&O thread that captures all ASA, ATSB & CASA projects, investigations, response to recommendations etc that are overdue and evidently being obfuscated?   

Here is a perfect example from a true industry luminary on the progress of the ASRR : 

Regarding how many of the ASRR recommendations have been implemented, I can advise my score card is as follows.

Assessing the information tabled by Minister Truss in parliament in February, showing implementation status as at 31 December 2015, I assessed the following status.

CASA 29% implemented, 15% partially implemented and 56% not done.

DEPT 20% implemented, 60% partially implemented and 20% not done.

ATSB 33% implemented, 33% partially implemented and 33% not done.

This is being is benevolent as possible.  Other may have a harder view.  A number of those regarded as implemented will require ongoing monitoring to ensure change remains in place and/or that the culture has changed.

No matter how you view it, the implementation rate at CASA is poor, and indicates a lack of enthusiasm for change.   As advised to their Board in February 2015, many of the recommendations (more than 10)  are simple and low hanging fruit which could have been implemented within months.   Here we are 22 months after the report was presented to the Minister and 16 months after the Minister accepted most of the recommendations, with more than half the CASA recommendations not acquitted. 

Follow up to quote (above) -  

via Oz Flying:

David Forsyth, Chairman of the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) board.



Forsyth scores ASRR Reform Progress
18 Mar 2016

David Forsyth, author of the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) report, has assessed reform progress made since he presented the report to the Abbott government nearly two years ago, finding there is still a lot of work to be done.

In December 2014, then Minister for Infratructure and Regional Development Warren Truss responded saying the government accepted 20 of the recommendations. Since then, the aviation community has been critical of the pace of reform.

Forsyth has since examined reform progress, and has offered the following assessment.

"Regarding how many of the ASRR recommendations have been implemented, I can advise my score card is as follows.

"Assessing the information tabled by Minister Truss in parliament in February, showing implementation status as at 31 December 2015, I assessed the following status.

"CASA: 29% implemented, 15% partially implemented and 56% not done.
"DEPT: 20% implemented, 60% partially implemented and 20% not done.
"ATSB: 33% implemented, 33% partially implemented and 33% not done.

"This is being is benevolent as possible. Other may have a harder view. A number of those regarded as implemented will require ongoing monitoring to ensure change remains in place and/or that the culture has changed."

In February, The Australian Aviation Associations Forum (TAAAF) called for David Forsyth to be sent back in to conduct an official review of the reform progress.

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