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Government Responsibility & 3 Tier Delusion

January 1, 2018 Ken Cannane

Three Tier Delusion Gov Responsibility

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Government Must Take Responsibility for Regulatory Restricting Aviation Growth

The only reform that can be relied on.

CAA/CASA replacement of Executives every time a new CEO is appointed.

"…..by the end of June 2007 we had new executives in all our senior management positions. There is no one in a senior management position now who was in that position when I arrived at CASA in December 2003" (Bruce Byron 2006/07 Annual Report)

Governments (CAA/CASA), since 1988 continue to develop regulations and red tape that have decreased individual and organisation participation and the utilisation of CASA registered aircraft.

If industry does not comply with these over prescriptive requirements they face enforcement action but CASA itself has not complied with paragraph 9(1)© of the Civil Aviation Act since 1995. When will government take enforcement action and direct CASA to meet their obligation to promulgate "Aviation Safety Standards"? This is the third tier referred to in the ASRR.

9 CASA’s functions

(1) CASA has the function of conducting the safety regulation of the following, in accordance with this Act and the regulations:

by means that include the following:

© developing and promulgating appropriate, clear and concise aviation safety standards;

CASA has not promulgated one "aviation safety standard" under Sec (9)(1)©.
What is an Aviation Safety Standard? The Act Interpretations state:

"aviation safety standards" means standards relating to the following:

(a) the flight crews engaged in operations of aircraft;

(b) the design, construction, maintenance, operation and use of aircraft and related equipment;

© the planning, construction, establishment, operation and use of aerodromes;

(d) the establishment and use of airspace;

(e) the planning, construction, establishment, maintenance, operation and use of:

(i) services and facilities of the kind covered by paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Air Services Act 1995; and

(iii) services of the kind referred to in paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 to the extent that those services use aircraft;

and any construction associated with those facilities or services;

(f) the personnel engaged in:

(i) the maintenance of aircraft and related equipment; or

(ii) anything referred to in paragraph © or (e).

CASA’s past General Counsel (1995 to 2006) made the following statement as a private citizen to a Senate Inquiry into the Administration of CASA after he left CASA.

"CASA’s FAILED REGULATORY REFORM PROGRAM


Under paragraph 9(1)(c ) the Civil Aviation Act 1988 CASA is required to conduct safety regulation by means that include:


"© developing and promulgating appropriate, clear and concise aviation safety standards".


CASA’s discharge of this responsibility during the past 5 years has been an abject failure"

Since 1995, CASA was required to develop and promulgate aviation safety standards but CASA has abrogated this responsibility. If they had promulgated internationally harmonised "aviation safety standards" based on ICAO/FAR then the regulatory reform would have been completed within 2 years.

Only government can hold CASA accountable to comply with the Act.

Ken R Cannane

AMROBA

www.amroba.org.au

Safety All Around.

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