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KC to members: "Where are they?"

Via the AP emails:

To all members,

Welcome back to the new year.
During the break I have visited some regional areas on the eastern side of the nation.
When you drop into the local tourist information centre one thing stood out.
There was all but nothing identifying any aviation activities at the local airport.
A quick drive to the local airport confirmed the lack of aviation activities.
So regulatory change since moving HO to Canberra has created a shortage of pilots and maintenance personnel.
Worse still, it has sent regional civil aviation into the greatest decline in 103 years of civil aviation in Australia.

A reunion with some elderly ex-regulators raised two major point.
• The Melbourne government personnel regulatory supported aviation regional growth by creating possibilities for small stand-alone businesses. Very focused on changes to create jobs.
• The Canberra government personnel have been about adopting principles whether they create employment or not.
o The red tape today is way beyond adding to safety.
• Canberra government also stopped the devolvement of responsibilities to industry that Melbourne was delivering.

When stating the Canberra government, they meant the public service legislatively assigned to make the changes.

In our first Newsletter this year we focus on job creation changes required in future regulatory development.
2023 January Newsletter Open and read – Ctrl/Click.
There has to be an emphasis in this Newsletter on any proposed regulatory change must estimate how many jobs it will create.

1. What if regulatory change adopted the FAR SASO Flight Training in principle
a. If it was same as the system pre-CARs, this would create jobs and reduce pilot shortage.
b. Debatable, but a cost-effective viable system could easily be developed.
2. What if the directly-supervised maintenance organisations were resurrected.
a. Basically, operating to a Part 145 progressive super light to moderate Light Part 145
b. Debateable, but a cost-effective viable system could easily be developed.
Both changes would provide the regulatory structure to create jobs and remove the shortage of pilots and maintenance personnel.

2023 – the year of regulatory change to create aviation jobs.
This year should be about creating the regulatory system to enable jobs to be created.
A regulatory system that doesn’t create jobs demonstrates the directions given to government legislative drafters are not focused on job creation but making principles law without consideration of the consequences.

Regards

Plus: https://amroba.org.au/wp-content/uploads...y-2023.pdf

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