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Comardy style consultation; or shambolic cluster-duck??

WTD is wing-nut Comardy and his dwindling Fort Fumble executive team playing at...

Today CAAP 166-1 dealing with ops in the vicinity of non-controlled/OCTA aerodromes was updated:

CAAP 166-01

Description: Operations in the vicinity of non-controlled aerodromes, aerodromes

Download 166-1.pdf (879.55 KB)

Date modified: 27/04/2017

     
Oz Flying points out why the timing of the release of this CAAP update is quite bizarre and have the CASA cynics crying foul...

Australia has hundreds of airfields that are not marked on aeronautical charts. (Steve Hitchen)

New CAAP retains Area VHF Advice
27 April 2017

A new Civil Aviation Advisory Publication (CAAP) on operations at non-controlled aerodromes has retained the advice that pilots should broadcast on the area frequency rather than Multicom 126.7 if the airfield is not marked on charts, even though the issue is still subject to consultation through a CASA discussion paper.

CASA released CAAP 166-1 Operations in the Vicinty of Non-controlled Aerodromes yesterday, but the frequency issue is the subject of DP1610AS, which has a submission deadline of 28 April'

Retaining the area VHF advice in the CAAP and releasing it ahead of the DP1610AS deadline has led some in the aviation community to question if CASA has already decided without taking industry feedback into account.

According to the status table in the CAAP, the April 2017 revision was all about a radio requirement rather than the appropriate frequency.

"There was only a minor amendment to the CAAP adding some explanation around when an aerodrome operator can require use of radio at their airport. It was already stated in the diagram but it needed some explanatory text.

"A definition of MULTICOM was added because the term is used in the CAAP."

So far, CASA has not been able to answer why the CAAP was bought out before the frequency was settled, which may require another version to be released within months.

Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...x4VMLQT.99

UDB? Nah pretty normal really...

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Latest Comardy missive - true or false?

Also today I note the latest CASA briefing was released:

Current issue - April 2017

I also note that the latest weasel worded confection from the Ag DAS/CEO Comardy includes one word which would seem to indicate an admission that the veracity of his statement was indeed false...

Copied verbatim from the FF website:

From acting CEO and Director of Aviation Safety Shane Carmody

The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Darren Chester, has issued a new Statement of Expectations to the CASA Board. This is an important document that sets out the strategic directions the Government expects CASA to head in between now and mid-2019. It also sets out how CASA is meant to perform its functions. As a notice provided under the Civil Aviation Act, the Minister’s Statement of Expectations guides the CASA Board’s strategic deliberations and decision making. CASA’s next Corporate Plan will reflect the strategic directions in the Statement. The Minister has made it clear that CASA’s regulatory activity should be pragmatic, practical and proportional. Mr Chester has said a pragmatic, practical and proportional approach to regulatory activity is intended to help support aviation growth, particularly in the general aviation sector. It is important to understand the Statement of Expectations builds on the work CASA has been undertaking in recent years to lift our performance in a range of key areas. These include CASA’s approach to safety regulation, the development of new regulations and stakeholder engagement. The Statement of Expectations also reinforces CASA’s commitment to our Regulatory Philosophy. Of course it should not be forgotten that the Statement of Expectations makes it clear CASA will continue to ensure the highest priority is given to aviation safety. - Oh yes Shane we can't forget CASA need to justify their existence by ducking behind the Act and the consequential mystique of aviation safety - FDS...

The Minister also recently announced the appointment of Ms Cheryl Cartwright to the CASA Board. I welcome Cheryl’s appointment as she will add more diversity of experience to the Board and lift the gender balance close to 50 per cent, which is great for our organisation. Cheryl has a background in government relations, strategic planning and communications. This appointment is consistent with CASA’s governing legislation, which stresses the importance of an appropriate balance of professional expertise on the Board to complement the aviation experience of current Board members.

Best wishes

Shane Carmody

false - Yep Shane the BRB vote overwhelmingly that your above weasel-worded confection is indeed FALSE -  

 


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