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AMROBA member correspondence & November Newsletter -  

Via the AP email chains:

To all members,

November Newsletter

As we get towards the end of another year with little done in the civil aviation engineering fields to increase global recognition, simplify processes and costs to address the shortage of LAMEs and pilots, it is time for government/CASA/industry to have a new vision to return aviation to the job creating industry it was before the creation of the CAA/CASA government agency control of regulatory reform. 

We all know that the Department controlled era of aviation had a job creating pioneer approach to helping aviation grow and create jobs.

The Department days concentrated on encouraging and supporting micro and small businesses. There were hundreds of them.

In addition, there was a real commitment to adopting and implementing the ICAO promulgated Annex Standards and Recommended Practices.

Maintenance personnel licences were more acceptable worldwide than today.

• We really need a new vision from the government/department/CASA that supports micro and small businesses.

o These existed in great numbers in the days when there was no shortage of maintenance personnel and pilots.
o Simplification and reduction of red tape and costs must happen.

• We need a proper NVET training system for the avionic and mechanical training streams that provides Basic, plus Complex VET training.

o That needs amending Part 66/147 to harmonise with Australia’s regulatory personnel training system.
o CASA must insist that the VET create “Aircraft Maintenance Engineer”  training pathways.
o The is a government department/agency to department/agency issue prior to consultation with our industry.

 DITRDA/CASA to DEWR/ASQA

• Our future development must be based on the current global categorisation of aircraft, not the Australian superseded system.

o Government Department/CASA should review how Transport Canada Aviation addresses ultralights, etc.
o AMROBA has supported the Canadian management control of the ultralight system.

 Australia and Canada worked together in the early days.
 Canada introduced a Part 21 “Certificate of Airworthiness – Owen maintained.”

• This Canadian system should be adopted in Australia.
• It has an excellent safety record.
• AMROBA proposed it to CASA in 2002

 Resurrecting micro/small businesses that were available in their hundreds pre-CAA/CASA must be a priority.``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
• Directly-supervised maintenance organisations that only complied with regulation and standards.

o No need for approved manuals or additional quality staff.

We need a new government vision for our Civil Aviation Engineering Industry.

One that is cost-effective based on micro/small businesses through to large business that can compete in the domestic and, if needed, the global civil aviation market in their own right.

Until government departments to departments agree with the vision that will provide for job creation and present a whole of government commitment to a new vision, industry will have to continue with the silo approach of government variable policy/decisions/directions.

Regards
     

Plus: Ref - https://auntypru.com/wp-content/uploads/...r-2022.pdf



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