Prerequisite for Fort Fumble middle management drone??
The following quoted extract is from a speech delivered to the RPAS in Australian Skies 2018 conference, by Luke Gumley, Branch Manager Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems:
When you consider my 'Dear Lachie' post on the dots & dashes thread, you begin to wonder if it is a prerequisite of accepting positions within the aviation safety bureaucracy (CASA, ASA, the ATSB & the Dept) that you must undergo either a frontal lobotomy; or a full blown brainwash prior to employment. How any remotely sane person with any sort of expertise or experience, aligned with the administration of aviation safety in Australia, could possibly prattle out such statements like...
"..CASA has sought to align the regulations as closely as possible with the International Civil Aviation Organization standards and recommended practices, and to harmonise, where appropriate, with the standards of other leading aviation countries..."
...with a straight face is simply UDB!
MTF...P2
The following quoted extract is from a speech delivered to the RPAS in Australian Skies 2018 conference, by Luke Gumley, Branch Manager Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems:
Quote:...In addition to CASA’s priorities in the RPAS sector, which I will discuss in a moment, CASA’s regulatory reform program remains a focus. The reform program began many years ago, and has been an ongoing process to either finalise new regulations or to review and update them, to make improvements to aviation safety as technology changes, or to reflect better safety practices. CASA has sought to align the regulations as closely as possible with the International Civil Aviation Organization standards and recommended practices, and to harmonise, where appropriate, with the standards of other leading aviation countries.
The Civil Aviation Safety Regulations comprises of 55 Parts, of which 45 have been made – leaving 10 to go. However, most of the last ten are substantial, involving the flying operations suite, along with some sport and recreational aviation Parts. The operations suite has been through many drafting iterations and consultation over the years, but we are doing our utmost to finalise drafting this year. We can then move on to transition, noting that most of the Parts will include some transition period to allow enough time for people and organisations to be prepared to meet the new regulations.
Our recent audit by ICAO, through the Coordinated Validation Mission last year, saw us receive a result in the high 90s, putting Australia in the top 10 in the world for effective implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices.
One recent new initiative is how we manage our consultation, with the establishment of the Aviation Safety Advisory Panel in July 2017. The new panel is the primary advisory body which CASA can direct its industry engagement through, when seeking input on current and future regulatory and policy approaches. It also serves as an advisory panel to the Director of Aviation Safety, by providing informed, objective and high-level advice from the aviation community on current, emerging or potential issues that may have aviation safety implications...
When you consider my 'Dear Lachie' post on the dots & dashes thread, you begin to wonder if it is a prerequisite of accepting positions within the aviation safety bureaucracy (CASA, ASA, the ATSB & the Dept) that you must undergo either a frontal lobotomy; or a full blown brainwash prior to employment. How any remotely sane person with any sort of expertise or experience, aligned with the administration of aviation safety in Australia, could possibly prattle out such statements like...
"..CASA has sought to align the regulations as closely as possible with the International Civil Aviation Organization standards and recommended practices, and to harmonise, where appropriate, with the standards of other leading aviation countries..."
...with a straight face is simply UDB!
MTF...P2