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Hitch picks up on KC newsletter message - 

Reference:

AMROBA 1st newsletter for the New Year and decade - 

Volume 17 Issue 01 (January 2020)

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Via Oz Flying:

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Put CASA Structure in the Act: Cannane
13 February 2020
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Ken Cannane, Executive Director of the Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA) has called for the structure of CASA to be enshrined in the Civil Aviation Act.

Speaking in the AMROBA January 2020 newsletter, Cannane said constant changes to the CASA structure were detrimental to aviation industry.

"For too long industry has had to watch CASA being restructured every time a new CEO is appointed resulting in a loss of experienced staff," Cannane states. "Australia has determined that CASA has specific functions under the Chicago Convention but does not specify these requirements in the Civil Aviation Act.

"AMROBA strongly recommends that CASA’s basic functions and structure should be clearly specified in the Civil Aviation Act. Australia has ICAO obligations, subject to Annexes of the Convention, that describes its structure. ICAO guidance for a Contracting State’s aviation regulator should be included in the Civil Aviation Act to stop the continual restructuring wasting millions of dollars.

CASA has had three Directors of Aviation Safety/CEO in the past 10 years, with the largest structural change coming in the short tenure of AVM (Retd) Mark Skidmore. Skidmore created a three-group structure which has evolved into a flatter five-group hierarchy under his predecessor, current DAS Shane Carmody. An internal "realignment" last year moved the General Aviation, Recreation and Sport office from Aviation Group to Stakeholder Engagement, which is largely the only major change under Carmody that directly impacts the aviation community.

"Over the decades, industry has had to re-adjust their contact with CASA and its predecessor many times as they continually re-structure internally as each Director of Aviation Safety/CEO of CASA is appointed," Cannane said. "Every time it happens, CASA loses experienced staff.

"This can be reduced by amendments to the Civil Aviation Act being more specific regarding CASA functions and responsibilities."

Shane Carmody was appointed to the DAS position permanently in 2017 and has two years to run on his five-year contract.

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Also from Oz Flying today:

 

CASA expands Advisory Panel
14 February 2020
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CASA has added two more members to its Aviation Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) to bring the total number to 13.

Virgin Australia Group Chief Operations Officer Stuart Aggs and Aviation Australia Technical Training Manager Mark Thompson will attend their first meeting on 27 February.

CASA CEO and Director of Aviation Safety Shane Carmody said the two new members would expand the field of expertise on the ASAP and align it with current areas of focus.

“It is important to ensure that the ASAP has a broad sector representation with a variety of experience and expertise from within the industry in order to consider aviation safety related matters and provide me with objective advice,” Carmody said.

“Since the Aviation Safety Advisory Panel was formed in 2017, the Panel has assisted CASA with developing and reviewing various regulations through its Technical Working Groups (TWGs).”

CASA formed ASAP in June 2017 after review findings concluded that CASA was limited in effectiveness by duplication and complexity.

[b]CASA Aviation Safety Advisory Panel[/b]

• Prof. Pat Murray – Chair
  
  
• Adrianne Fleming – Founder and Operations Manager, Tristar Aviation
  
  
• John Gissing – Group Executive Associated Airlines and Services, Qantas
  
  
• Dr Reece Clothier – President Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS) and Global Airspace Integration Senior Manager Boeing NeXt
  
  
• Jim Davis – Chairman, RAAA
  
  
• Michael Monck – President, RAAus
  
  
• Ray Cronin – Founder and Managing Director of Kestrel, Chief Flying Instructor (Helicopter), current President of the Australian Helicopter Industry Association
  
  
• Graeme Crawford – CASA Group Executive Manager Aviation
  
  
• Rob Walker – CASA Executive Manager Stakeholder Engagement Division
  
  
• Stuart Aggs – Virgin Australia Group Chief Operations Officer
  
  
• Mark Thompson – Aviation Australia Technical Training Manager
  

Hmm...perhaps St Commode should consider adding KC to the WOFTAM ASAP list? Yeah right and pigs might fly...  

MTF...P2