Excellent work by AOPA and SAAA the first tentative ray of sunshine in a very long time. However fifty years on stage so a couple of questions.
Why do we have to wait until March or ? April May June July August September October November December '17 Jan Feb Mar April May.....'18.... '19......?
Why is there no quote from 1. The Minister, 2. Jeff Boyd, or 3. Mr. Carmody, but instead they've left this most important time line 'view to ...first quarter' to an underling? Why will not any of the Big Three give us a definite " reform will be in place by ..."? If CASA is so know all and expert, we have the USA and UK reform strategy coupled with 20 plus years of RAAus medical history, not to mention half a brain common sense, why can't they simply make it happen? Why do we need all this additional time? Surely reform is urgent to save jobs, to innovate, to reverse the now admitted downward spiral of GA and total loss of faith in the regulator.
The euphoric greeting of the Forsyth Review gave away to disgust when it became clear that the Minister was not going to follow through and expecting CASA to reform itself proved to be like asking a confirmed drug addict to do cold turkey and take a big pay cut at the same time.
As I said at the time of the accepted Forsyth recommendations, "High hopes or soft soaps? " I say not good enough, we want detail agreement and a fixed timeline supported by Minister and Board and CEO.
They should each be asked do they support this reform? Straight away they could pull AVMED into line even under the current rules and get some practical reform started immediately if they mean business this time.
Don't hold your breath.
Why do we have to wait until March or ? April May June July August September October November December '17 Jan Feb Mar April May.....'18.... '19......?
Why is there no quote from 1. The Minister, 2. Jeff Boyd, or 3. Mr. Carmody, but instead they've left this most important time line 'view to ...first quarter' to an underling? Why will not any of the Big Three give us a definite " reform will be in place by ..."? If CASA is so know all and expert, we have the USA and UK reform strategy coupled with 20 plus years of RAAus medical history, not to mention half a brain common sense, why can't they simply make it happen? Why do we need all this additional time? Surely reform is urgent to save jobs, to innovate, to reverse the now admitted downward spiral of GA and total loss of faith in the regulator.
The euphoric greeting of the Forsyth Review gave away to disgust when it became clear that the Minister was not going to follow through and expecting CASA to reform itself proved to be like asking a confirmed drug addict to do cold turkey and take a big pay cut at the same time.
As I said at the time of the accepted Forsyth recommendations, "High hopes or soft soaps? " I say not good enough, we want detail agreement and a fixed timeline supported by Minister and Board and CEO.
They should each be asked do they support this reform? Straight away they could pull AVMED into line even under the current rules and get some practical reform started immediately if they mean business this time.
Don't hold your breath.