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A work horse required; not a show pony.  If Barnaby had any sense he’d leave Chester at home and bring Fawcett along; just to see the difference someone who can see clear and far makes.  Industry will support anything Fawcett says and does – he has our trust and respect.  Real credibility, apart from that, he actually knows what he’s about.

Excellent point Old Tom...

Now I know Dazzling Dazza has signed up to the Parliamentary Friends of Aviation Group  but really, since his honeymoon period ended, it is quite obvious that he has NFI nor interest in righting the incredible wrongs inflicted by nearly 3 decades of CASA Iron Ring O&O of the RRP.

The following is the Parliamentary Friends of Aviation Group statement off the PFGs webpage:

As legislators, we have a key role in keeping aviation both safe and viable as an industry and the friendship group will provide members a great opportunity to stay informed about the issues the industry is facing.

    
However the PFOAG members, which now includes the Minister for Transport, may have to reconsider their current strategy in applying their "key role".

Senator David Fawcett (Chair of PFOAG) on the other hand is the real deal, a perfect example is his passionate delivery of his speech recognising the tabling of the Senate AAI (PelAir) report:

Also from the Senate Estimates quoted thread post (above), Senator Xenophon pays compliment to Senator Fawcett and highlights the importance of his contribution to the long running debate of aviation safety and the breaking down of the mystique lorded over minister after minister for decades.

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In relation to Senator Fawcett's contribution—hopefully this will not damage Senator Fawcett's preselection chances with the Liberal Party!—we are lucky to have him in this place, given his considerable expertise in aviation safety. The contribution he has made on Senate committees on this issue has been outstanding. I am very grateful to have worked with him. I think both sides of the chamber can safely say that.

But the points that he makes to rebut this motion are, in fact, points that can be used to support it—equally or with greater force. Senator Fawcett acknowledges quite openly that the length of time to change regulations is unsatisfactory and that the industry should be more involved in the process. He says, in his usual diplomatic way, that 'the track record of engagement with industry from CASA has not been a wholesome one'. That is an incredibly polite way of putting a situation where industry is incredibly frustrated and concerned, and the pilots are gobsmacked that we are left with these regulations that do not address fundamental issues of fatigue. I outlined those concerns in my earlier contribution.

There are real problems in the regulation-making process, as Senator Fawcett, with his expertise and involvement in these issues, acknowledges. We need to have a mechanism to deal with these. The independent scientific panel is something that would see a way through this. That is what we need to have. To say that we are no worse off than we were does not address the fundamental issue that these regulations are simply inadequate. While this instrument does bring us, in some respects, to a relatively safer position than the previous regulation, we must take this opportunity to address the significant concerns about this instrument. In many respects, there are huge gaps in safety, and the concern of pilots—those whom we trust to fly us from A to B around this great continent—are still there. They have serious concerns about these regulations; I have outlined those.

Senator Fawcett is right when he says that the consultation process for these regulations has been long and almost dysfunctional. We simply cannot go through this process again. We cannot sit and wait for improvements to be made—because will it be another five years or six years or will it be 60 years before this process is revisited? We need to take a proactive stance and push for something better, and now is the time and the opportunity to do so.

I hope that the government will not let CASA wipe this task off its books. I hope, from Senator Fawcett's comments, that the government will be pushing for a continual consultation and a review process and not leave these issues at a dead end. And I hope that this instrument will not become another regulatory dead end, with all the implications it has for airline safety and passenger safety in this country. I urge my colleagues to support this disallowance motion.

So we have the 'real deal' Senator Fawcett vs Dopey Dazza the twitter-verse photo opportunist who is already under the MOAS spell: As Chester clearly intends to never mention aviation

Newsflash - Chester was just on ABC Radio being interviewed by Kelly Fuller on the Tamworth aviation rally 2 days ago - verdict?? Murky has reined him in and he is back under the "mystique" spell - FFS!


Well miniscule while your being misled by your head Mandarin, take heed because you have now inherited the 60 minutes clock to impending doom -    

Of risks, red flags, ridiculous responses and a rooted system - PartII

..This is further proof that the system is absolutely rooted - possibly beyond redemption - & in dire need of some external examination. To quote "K"...


"..Aye, nothing to see, move along, the new whitewash will cover the blood stains and the cloak of mystique will vanish all trace of the aberrations and indecency inflicted on the public, who have a right to expect better..."

It is now obvious that the mandarins & minions in charge are air-brushing over a significant crater in the mouldy - aviation safety - Swiss Cheese. Instead of mitigating safety risk they are perpetuating and adding to the risk...FFS - ICAO...FAA..NTSB..TSBC anyone??- SOS      

From the interview this AM it is pretty damn obvious that Skidmore, Murky & Co have blinded (the filter) Chester with the bollocks that 'aviation safety is their No1. priority'. After reviewing some of the above, for them to even suggest that the administration & enforcement of the 26+year, $300+million RRP is justified in the interest of air safety is simply bollocks - wake up Barnaby you now ultimately own this -  

..tick..tick..tick..tick..tick

Yep totally second the motion that Senator David Fawcett, the Chair of the PFOAG, is required to be in attendance on the 6th May D-day for GA -



MTF..P2