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Good grief P2, considering the cost alone I hope Australia's credit rating holds up.

But one question, who's steering the ship with all those "managers" off quaffing champagne and caviar?

Maybe old smart Alec will have a desk in the foyer for book signing his new book
"Destroying an industry for dummies"

  Well thorny according to the latest CASA missive it would appear Herr Skates is holding the Fort...

Still on Dr A and as we approach the 2nd anniversary of the PelAir re-investigation, please refer to this blog piece:  PelAir – ‘Lest we forget’ Part III

Ok back to ToRs and setting the scene for...  

PAIN/IOS audit of Australia's SSP (ICAO Annex 19) 




Part I: Critical element Accident Investigation.

Before we get started note that of the original ICAO eight critical elements of a USOAP Safety Audit, 'Accident Investigation' has I believe taken over the previously listed 'resolution of safety concerns' critical element. The reason ICAO have changed the element reflects the introduction (2012) of Annex 19 and the importance ICAO places on the State AAI, according to Annex 13, to the integrity and compliance of an effective State Safety Program (SSP). 

While we review the Australian aviation 'accident investigation' system we have several handy points of historical reference:

1) ICAO 2004 ATSB audit

2) Final report - 2008 ICAO USOAP audit of Australia

3) Senate AAI Inquiry - Final Report

4) ASRR (Forsyth review) Final Report.

5) TSBC peer review report of the ATSB.


So to begin for a comparison to the Nepalese 20.41 % (above pic) and Australian 96.97 %(post #23) for 2016  AI critical element figures, let us refer to Appendix 2 of the 2008 ICAO USOAP audit of Australia, final report:



First thing we can see is that the global average for 'resolution of safety concerns' (now accident investigation) 6.62 %, or .83 of a percentile point a year for the last 8 years. All in all a good progressive achievement by ICAO possibly reflecting the effective implementation and adoption of Annex 19 by most signatory States.

However, despite all the evidence to the contrary (see references 1 thru 5  above), this achievement was totally eclipsed by the Australian aviation safety bureaucracy who managed to lift the critical element statistics for accident investigation/resolution of safety concerns above the global average by a whopping 89.42 percentile points, or a touch over 11% for each of the last 8 years. - Yeah right   

One word BOLLOCKS!- But now time to prove it...  


Much MTF...P2