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Airservices now 'match fit' and approaching a red dawn horizon -

The concept of "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather.Jul 17, 2017

Red sky at night and other weather lore - Met Office
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/le...y-at-night

ASA CEO Harfwit has been busy lately sprouting unadulterated bollocks - "nothing to see here move along" - at a couple of notable Alphabet soup talkfests:

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Airservices presents at RAAA

27 Oct 2017
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Airservices Australia Chief Executive Officer Jason Harfield addressed delegates at the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s National Convention this afternoon.

The two day convention is being held on the Gold Coast and brings together industry leaders, regional operators, technical experts, manufacturers, suppliers, government and other regulatory bodies.

During his address, Mr Harfield discussed the promises Airservices is now delivering through the Accelerate program, moving from an out-dated operating model to become a profitable, sustainable, more customer-focused organisation.

He also acknowledged the essential role regional aviation plays in nurturing health, connectivity, and opportunities for regional and remote Australians. As well as how Airservices will continue to protect and promote general aviation by continuing to waive charges for low volume general aviation operators.

Read a full copy of Jason’s speech.

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Airservices presents at AAA

15 Nov 2017

Airservices Australia Chief Executive Officer Jason Harfield addressed delegates at the Australian Airports Association National Conference this morning (15 November 2017).
The four day conference is being held in Adelaide and is Australia’s biggest annual aviation conference and exhibition attracting more than 600 delegates from the aviation and airport industry.

During his address, Mr Harfield discussed the importance of Australia’s aviation ecosystem working to its full potential with the support and input of many players including airports, airlines and Airservices.

Airservices Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) project was also addressed during the presentation highlighting to delegates that A-CDM is about working with partners at airports and across the aviation ecosystem sharing information to boost operational performance.

Airservices Air Traffic Management Network Services Manager Paddy Goodall will be addressing delegates later today on harnessing information to enhance the aviation network.

Chief Fire Officer Glenn Wood will be presenting to delegates tomorrow (16 November 2017) on protecting the aviation industry, the true value of Airservices Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Services.

Read a full copy of [url=https://newsroom.airservicesaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/385L2JVWW6YOCGKS.pdf]Jason’s speech.

If you can stomach the pony pooh emanating from these talkfest speeches then feel free to click on the links above...

As a passing strange coincidence and seemingly in direct contradiction to the warm fuzzy diatribe from Harfwit; I note that in the Senate yesterday that the ToR for a RRAT committee Senate inquiry motion received bipartisan support...

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Reference
Senator URQUHART (Tasmania—Opposition Whip in the Senate) (12:17): At the request of Senators Sterle and O'Sullivan, I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 March 2018:

The operation, regulation and funding of air route service delivery to rural, regional and remote communities, with particular reference to:

(a) social and economic impacts of air route supply and airfare pricing;
(b) different legal, regulatory, policy and pricing frameworks and practices across the Commonwealth, states and territories;
© how airlines determine fare pricing;
(d) the determination of airport charges for landing and security fees, aircraft type and customer demand;
(e) pricing determination, subsidisation and equity of airfares;
(f) determination of regulated routes and distribution of residents' fares across regulated routes;
(g) airline competition within rural and regional routes;
(h) consistency of aircraft supply and retrieval of passengers by airlines during aircraft maintenance and breakdown;
(i) all related costs and charges imposed by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority; and
(j) any related matters.

Senator O'SULLIVAN (Queensland) (12:18): I seek leave to make a short statement.

The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute.
Senator O'SULLIVAN: I want to thank the Labor Party for their cooperation and support for the development of this reference, which will be, of course, under the chairmanship of Senator Sterle. This is a very important reference. I am speaking out now to our crossbench colleagues to pay attention to this and support it. This is about trying to bring equity into the cost impacts of regional airline movements for our people in regional Australia, not just my home state of Queensland. We've got some very atrocious examples of gouging where it costs up to $2,000 for people to travel the same distances it costs them $78 to travel between the metros, including people who require constant medical attention and are having to go to the cities. This has to be brought to an end, and we hope this committee reference will take us some way towards being able to make recommendations to government about changes.
Question agreed to.

   
Interesting times ahead me thinks...
MTF...P2