12-22-2022, 07:44 PM
The ATSB, by refusing to investigate fatal RAA accidents and apparently only allocating enough time for cursory reports on VH registered aircraft accidents has just demonstrated total incompetence at the management level.
These are the published criteria for investigations from the ATSB website:
Question: How can you assess the safety value of an investigation without doing a thorough investigation?
Answer: You cannot.
Furthermore, if you allocate resources on the basis of what you expect to find (eg pilot error when Old Farmer Brown stuffs his C172 into the dirt) then guess what? Your investigator will find exactly what you expected. This is known as justifying your conclusion, or putting cart before horse.
No. We don't need a 200 page report of every accident, merely that each and every fatal, whatever the registration, is pursued with an open mind until the cause and safety message is discovered. To do otherwise is guaranteed to result in missing emerging safety issues.
To put that another way, its insignificant if light aircraft occasionally demonstrate insufficient situational awareness at a certain airport....... .....until one situationally challenged RAA gent blunders in front of an Emirates A 380 on final.
These are the published criteria for investigations from the ATSB website:
Quote:Level of investigative response
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The level of investigative response is determined by resource availability and factors such as those detailed below. These factors (expressed in no particular order) may vary in the degree to which they influence ATSB decisions to investigate and respond. Factors include:
the anticipated safety value of an investigation, including the likelihood of furthering the understanding of the scope and impact of any safety system failures
the likelihood of safety action arising from the investigation, particularly of national or global significance
the existence and extent of fatalities/serious injuries and/or structural damage to transport vehicles or other infrastructure
the unique value an ATSB investigation will provide over any other investigation by industry, regulators or police
the obligations or recommendations under international conventions and codes
the nature and extent of public interest – in particular, the potential impact on public confidence in the safety of the transport system
the existence of supporting evidence, or requirements, to conduct a special investigation based on trends
the relevance to identified and targeted safety programs
the extent of resources available, and projected to be available, in the event of conflicting priorities
the risks associated with not investigating – including consideration of whether, in the absence of an ATSB investigation, a credible safety investigation by another party is likely
the timeliness of notification
the training benefit for ATSB investigators.
Question: How can you assess the safety value of an investigation without doing a thorough investigation?
Answer: You cannot.
Furthermore, if you allocate resources on the basis of what you expect to find (eg pilot error when Old Farmer Brown stuffs his C172 into the dirt) then guess what? Your investigator will find exactly what you expected. This is known as justifying your conclusion, or putting cart before horse.
No. We don't need a 200 page report of every accident, merely that each and every fatal, whatever the registration, is pursued with an open mind until the cause and safety message is discovered. To do otherwise is guaranteed to result in missing emerging safety issues.
To put that another way, its insignificant if light aircraft occasionally demonstrate insufficient situational awareness at a certain airport....... .....until one situationally challenged RAA gent blunders in front of an Emirates A 380 on final.