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 "Captain PM Malcolm you MUST listen!!" 

CASA puts at risk ICAO Cat 1 status and industry bottom-line contribution to GDP.

Slight thread drift here but there is, I think - ,  a method in my madness...

Reference Chester's thread...

Of chalk and cheese and a listening ear

Nice catch P2. Indeed some of the differences to Strayla are most interesting. Let's list some of what Trump actually does understand compared to the prehistoric dinosaurs governing our country now, and over the past decades;

- Trump listens. He has sat with airline executives, not in a manner to coverup systemic issues, but to address their concerns. He even talks shop with his own pilots - smart man. Talk to those at the coal face, not some bureaucrat in Canberra with one pencil in his hand and one in his ass. Picture the difference; Trump talking about aviation with a 30 year veteran Captain, or, one of Golman Sachs Turnbull's minuscules speaking to Jonathan Aleck. Hmmm, see the contrast? One leader is engaged, the other totally disconnected.

- Trump acknowledges trillions spent on wars, with nothing to show, leaving his own country go to waste and become a third world infrastructure disaster. Hallelujah! Trump gets it. Meanwhile we have the dickhead Turnbull propping up $50b for more Subs while our roads, airports and electricity network turn to ruins.

- Trump is slashing the regulatory strangulation grinding their country to a halt! Well done sir. He is a businessman, he understands it. Meanwhile, as an example, we in Australia permit consecutive PMC's to work with the Dr Voodoo's of this world to ensure that our key industry, aviation, is strangled to death.

- Trump understands FAA incompetence and the issues with air traffic management and technology in the USA. Unbelievable! Do you think The Don could sit with NFI Chester, Harfwit and Houston and teach them something?

There seems to be some benefits in having an experienced businessman who has not been a 'Stockholm syndrome politician' for the past 20 years, coming in fresh and managing the country. Yes?

Tick Tock Australia

As per usual, a succinctly nailed down post Gobbles -

FYI Judith Sloan from the Oz also 'gets it...

PM must show some mongrel

JUDITH SLOAN

Red tape and renegade agency chiefs are evidence of a naive and weak leader.

..And after a promising start by the Abbott government to axe a number of wasteful, intrusive and damaging regulations and regulatory agencies, Malcolm Turnbull put his foot on the brake and has instead embarked on a massive program of new regulations, particularly in relation to financial services.


Do you remember Repeal Day? The Prime Minister has repealed it. Evidently, he thinks the deregulation agenda is complete, having made up some large figure — billions of dollars, naturally — to estimate the gains of the deregulation that had already taken place.

In the meantime, many federal regulators are running amok, with the heads of agencies increasingly behaving in brazenly political and activist fashion. Mind you, it is hardly surprising given some of the appointments — mainly reappointments. What was the government thinking when it reconfirmed the positions of so many openly partisan appointees heading key agencies?

Instead of quietly getting on with what should be the routine and low-key task of implementing regulations set down in legislation, far too many regulators think of themselves as players, expressing public views on how legislation should be changed as well as seeking publicity for prosecuting cases (many of which are subsequently lost).

They have sought more funding while pushing political buttons and, sadly, this government has been far too naive and weak to resist these self-serving pleas...

Listen up miniscule DDDD_MNFI a word of advice from JS...

...There are very many other instances I could quote. But the message to ministers is this: wake up and instruct the regulators in your portfolios to pull their heads in. Keep regulation to an absolute minimum and always ensure the compliance costs are as low as possible.

You never know, being a good government could deliver a political dividend.

And 4D if you want some examples from your own department of overburdening regulations and a 'law unto themselves' regulator in action, here is a couple of handy references courtesy of Aunty Pru... : Mythical reform./ Part 61 - For Dummies./ Proof will be in the Pavlova

Update: Comments from Sandy & Arlys...  

Alexander


Judith is correct in pointing to an out of control Commonwealth bureaucracy. There has crept into this bloated body of government machinery a sense that they are the law as they interpret it resulting in bullying behavior and worse. I don't think there is another journalist who has perceived that this is becoming the norm. That this is now what can be expected from Can'tberra, 400,000 of the best paid hell bent on maintaining and improving privilege in the developed world's most soulless socialistic no freehold capital city.

Another example, among several euphemistically styled government business enterprises (GBE), the Civil Aviation Safety Authority created 29 years ago and tasked to rewrite (at its own behest) the aviation rules. Several hundred million later and still not finished but it has managed to smash General Aviation with the loss of thousands of jobs.

Air Services Australia is at present in oversight by a Senate Committee for the manner of tendering a billion dollar airways control system. Consultants being past employees and inside connections are being considered.

The Australian Transport Safety Board has been criticised for ineffectual accident investigation and the aviation industry is waiting after two years for a second, Senate inspired, report on the PelAir ditching off Norfolk Island. The first report was seriously flawed, ATSB being in cahoots with CASA to simply blame the pilot thus deflecting any concerns about institutional failings whether within CASA or within the airline parent company Rex. The same company that made an unusual and substantial donation to the Coalition around the time of the first report. Alex in the Rises.

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arlys

@Alexander But one Airline, remains untouched.Right? By The Old Boys RAAF Club. Right?

  

In addition to Sandy's comment to the Oz Judith Sloan article, he also emailed JS directly his posted comment. This was Judith's response:
 

Sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:41:14 +0000
Subject: Re: FWA and so on re your Aus article, my comment, regards, Sandy Reith


Keep up the good work, Sandy.  And thanks for the interest.

Yes, I have heard that CASA is completely out of control, vastly expensive and ineffective. And the salaries at Airservices Australia are out of this world.

The sad thing is that nothing seems to change.

Cheers

Judith

 
Off that same email chain, Bill Hamilton has now weighed into the discussion...

Dear Judith,


The financial depredation caused by CASA are almost incalculable, including, but not limited to, almost eliminating Australian from the global training market for pilots, and driving the great bulk of heavy aircraft maintenance off-shore.


An example of the first is China Southern Airlines abandoning an already large investment is WA, plus an almost US$750,000,000 expansion program, agreed with the WA government, because of CASA behavior. That investment all went to Canada, China Southern has a policy of conducting initial pilot training outside China, in a western environment.


As to aircraft maintenance, CASA justify the loss of heavy engineering in Australia  to "cheap labour", and not CASA ratbag regulation, which is not ICAO compliant, and like nothing else internationally.


Only if you can convince me that Germany is a "low wage" country (given the Qantas A330 and A380 work that goes to Hamburg) will I accept the CASA "low wage" argument, as opposed to the CASA "rules" that demand almost unbelievable (in this day and age) 19th century job demarcation, that prevents labor productivity that is normal in, say, NZ, CA, USA, UK or anywhere in the EC.


All this has nothing to do with "safety", but the public service machine, not limited to CASA, is very adept and very experienced at scaring the bejesus out of the gullible public with the "mystique of air safety", first identified as a "public service" tactic in the report of the first Lane inquiry in mid-1980s.


Indeed, the sad thing is that Australia's air safety record is NOT world beating, and the shortcomings are largely due to Australia refusing to accept internationally recognised developments that have improved air safety outcomes (reduced risk) over the years.


In fact, despite CASA public claims, the Body of (or the culture of) CASA resolutely refused to use modern risk management based and cost benefit justified rulemaking, rather relying of the judgement of "our air safety experts", who are no such thing, and do not become "air safety experts" simply by virtue of being on the CASA payroll.


Indeed, in my view, the lack of relevant knowledge and experience in CASA has reached an appallingly low level, it has long been the "employer of last resort".


If you want an independent assessment of my background, to make these statement, ask Sandy Reith.


Best regards,

W.J.R.(Bill) Hamilton.


PS1: All Boeing and Airbus civil manufacturing in Australia is conducted under the oversight  US FAA or EC's European Aviation  Safety Authority, EASA, NOT CASA.


PS2: Australia is on the threshold (once again) of losing FAA/EASA Category 1 status (an assessment of the effectiveness of national aviation safety regulatory oversight) which would be a financial disaster for Qantas and Virgin groups, US law would require all US airlines to drop code shares and joint timetables with Qantas and Virgin, and that would be just the start.


PS: Needless to say, I am a regular reader of your contributions to The Australian.

"...Australia is on the threshold (once again) of losing FAA/EASA Category 1 status (an assessment of the effectiveness of national aviation safety regulatory oversight) which would be a financial disaster for Qantas and Virgin groups, US law would require all US airlines to drop code shares and joint timetables with Qantas and Virgin, and that would be just the start..."

Okay I think that brings the thread back to ToRs...


MTF...P2