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Real world vs Fort Fumble fantasy land - 

The following is cribbed off social media, courtesy of Ben Wyndham AOPA Director and owner/operator of Airspeed Aviation :

Ben Wyndham

CASA's new Parts 119/121/135 Is going to destroy the small business sector of the Aviation industry. The Charter sector services all the small towns the big airlines don't.
Grab the latest issue of Australian Flying magazine for our view on new legislation delivering a massive increase in compliance costs that will wipe out a $1bn industry, decimate rural health and other public  services, all for zero improvement in safety.

IMO in one page BW nails down the real regulatory issues currently embuggering the small to medium size Charter and low capacity RPT operators...

Also note that on BW's LinkedIn page that there was an excellent comment, from another industry expert in his field, one Dan Parsons:

Dan Parsons - Airport Operations, Safety & Regulations Nerd

Hi Ben,

I can see in the article you have some concerns regarding the impact on Part 139 on small charter operators. Under the existing rules, there are obligations on aerodromes based on aircraft seating capacity regardless of whether RPT or charter. Under the current proposed amendments, CASA seems to moving away from treating RPT and Charter as the same thing. It looks to me like charter-only (eg mining) aerodromes in the future will be allowed to operate any sized aircraft with no specific aerodrome regulations.

I have to admit that I am probably on the other side of this argument to you (the aerodrome safety argument; not the general regulatory argument). I see distinctions between the charter and RPT, on safety grounds, as erroneous.

And I also don't see the obligations on the aerodrome operator (not the aircraft operator) as difficult. You just need someone on the ground to check the runway and surrounds before you land. CASA has never mandated a training standard or a syllabus or set licensing standards for this task. It just needs to meet the requirements of the aerodrome.

Anyway, as you continue to do the best for your sector, if you need any help on the 139 stuff, send me a message.

Cheers,

Dan

Dan of course once did a stint for the Big R-regulator CASA and therefore has a unique insight of how the aviation safety bureaucracy works...  

Hmm...wonder what Dan's take is on the bollocks HVH led ATSB YMEN DFO topcover report...   Ref: http://www.auntypru.com/forum/thread-10-...ml#pid9374

Speaking of airports and aviation safety I note that yesterday afternoon both CASA and the Department's Airports & Aviation division were knocked off early by the committee?? 

However, in the context of airports and aviation safety, there was an interesting passage of 'no bullshit' inquisition by Senator Gallacher pointedly directed towards Harfwit in the brief half hour Airservices session...  

Here it is studiously recreated in pictures....  

Possibly misleading the Senate? - now where have I heard that before??   

Hint: http://www.auntypru.com/forum/thread-142...ml#pid9309

Luv your work Senator Gallacher, the choc frog is in the mail...  

Shame of course that even if the Harfwit is proven to have mislead the Senate, the worst that he'll cop is being flogged by a soggy wet lettuce from the APH cafeteria...  


MTF...P2