"Carmody has done rather well....unlikely to initiate the major changes..."
I beg to differ on the former and would substitute "unlikely to" with "will not".
Carmody has taken over the vehicle that is moving ever more quickly towards the precipice following unexplained departure of Skidmore. If there was the slightest respect for the aviation community, let alone the general tax paying public, an honest explanation would have been given for his resignation.
The loss of experienced personnel in training and maintenance is driving up costs, thousands of GA aircraft are not flying and the market for second hand aircraft has collapsed causing umpteen millions of value down the drain. Pilot numbers continue to drop dramatically. Thousands have migrated to the low weight category, induced not by the suitability of the aircraft to their needs but by a more workable regulatory environment, especially a more rational and affordable medical regime. From an overall safety perspective a poor outcome is guaranteed due to the unsuitability of very lightweight aircraft for many, if not most, of the flying tasks they are put to; being severely limited in range, strength (cannot be IFR), carrying capacity, comfort and general ability in Australia's often windy and turbulent skies.
Reading Carmody's bureaucrat soft soap spiel about the move to reform the disastrous AVMED situation could have been shortened to "CASA remains committed to the present administration of aviation medical oversight".
This would save a new round of time wasting useless submissions and concentrate reform effort towards the only plausible way to cause change, political action and political influence, directly and through media and public awareness. Even a Mike Smith would accomplish very little without Ministerial backup. The hard yards are still in front, sorry to say.
"K" - Spot on Sandy – and we have reflected your sentiments, many times, on other threads. You will note that I did say ‘done rather well’; I omitted to say who for; which I believe to be self evident. Cheers.
I beg to differ on the former and would substitute "unlikely to" with "will not".
Carmody has taken over the vehicle that is moving ever more quickly towards the precipice following unexplained departure of Skidmore. If there was the slightest respect for the aviation community, let alone the general tax paying public, an honest explanation would have been given for his resignation.
The loss of experienced personnel in training and maintenance is driving up costs, thousands of GA aircraft are not flying and the market for second hand aircraft has collapsed causing umpteen millions of value down the drain. Pilot numbers continue to drop dramatically. Thousands have migrated to the low weight category, induced not by the suitability of the aircraft to their needs but by a more workable regulatory environment, especially a more rational and affordable medical regime. From an overall safety perspective a poor outcome is guaranteed due to the unsuitability of very lightweight aircraft for many, if not most, of the flying tasks they are put to; being severely limited in range, strength (cannot be IFR), carrying capacity, comfort and general ability in Australia's often windy and turbulent skies.
Reading Carmody's bureaucrat soft soap spiel about the move to reform the disastrous AVMED situation could have been shortened to "CASA remains committed to the present administration of aviation medical oversight".
This would save a new round of time wasting useless submissions and concentrate reform effort towards the only plausible way to cause change, political action and political influence, directly and through media and public awareness. Even a Mike Smith would accomplish very little without Ministerial backup. The hard yards are still in front, sorry to say.
"K" - Spot on Sandy – and we have reflected your sentiments, many times, on other threads. You will note that I did say ‘done rather well’; I omitted to say who for; which I believe to be self evident. Cheers.