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Update: Pollys on air safety & Airservices Australia.

Former miniscule for non-aviation Albo on 900 ASA job cuts -

Via Fran Kelly & RN, from 06:45 on MP3 recording :

'We need to be vigilant' about air safety: Albanese

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Broadcast:Wednesday 2 November 2016 8:06AM (view full episode)
Image: Anthony Albanese (ABC News: James Dunlevie) Link to larger image.Image: Anthony Albanese (ABC News: James Dunlevie)
900 workers—nearly a quarter of the workforce—have been earmarked for redundancy at Airservices Australia, which is responsible for air traffic control and airport emergency services.

The planned job cuts have sparked widespread concerns about aviation safety.
Darren Chester says pilots and unions are scaring the flying public with inaccurate and irresponsible warnings about the impact on safety.

Shadow Minister for Transport, Anthony Albanese, says he has concerns about the cuts.
'I'm also concerned about the broader issue here, which is if you cut the jobs of people, the engineers and support staff, are you going to just end up having to pay people more when they're contracted out and brought in at higher fees?' he says

Ha ha ha. Albo and safety?? You gotta be kidding me. This buffoon has had his chance and he is another abject failure. Like der der der Darren, Albo wouldn't know safety if it crawled up his pants leg and bit him on his tiny sausage!

Cue the 'Albo hands in the air montage'!!



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Next from NX at AIPA dinner -

Courtesy - Robyn Ironside, National Aviation Writer, News Corp Australia Network

November 3, 2016 10:00pm

[img=0x0]http://pixel.tcog.cp1.news.com.au/track/component/article/a8ebe13e6d86479750b8145655929969?esi=true&t_template=s3/chronicle-tg_tlc_storyheader/index&t_product=CourierMail&td_device=desktop[/img]...OUTSPOKEN Senator Nick Xenophon has called for an Inspector General of Aviation Safety to be appointed ahead of massive cuts to Airservices Australia.

Addressing the annual dinner of the Australian and International Pilots Association, Senator Xenophon said another level of oversight was needed, as the organisation responsible for air traffic control prepares to slash 900 jobs, or almost a quarter of its workforce.

Although the positions earmarked to go are described as “back room” jobs, Senator Xenophon said pilots, engineers and Air Traffic Controllers had raised concerns with him.

Qantas pilots applauded Nick Xenophon for his frank speech at their annual dinner. Unknown if pilots pictured were in attendance. Picture: Supplied

He said it was only three years ago, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority considered withdrawing Airservices Australia’s approval to operate air traffic control in Australian skies because of deficiencies identified in hundreds of incidents.

“One hopes the systemic issues identified have been addressed now that Airservices is subject to more oversight and regular audits,” he said..

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