[Peetwo]

PelAir cover-up & the 'for instances' -

The inference that the latest O&O on MKII is due to waiting on KC's final judgement is disgusting but typical. How the ATSB can dare to declare themselves an independent, 'no blame' AAI operating, in the spirit & intent of ICAO Annex 13 is risible and proves beyond all doubt why it was PAIN had major disagreement when the ATSB first announce the re-investigation of their VH-NGA cover-up investigation... : O&O #2
 

...“We believe little will gained by utilising scarce resources re-investigating the original ATSB investigative ‘reports’.”

Instead, PAIN points the finger of blame for the original Pel-Air investigation report squarely at the both CASA and the ATSB and hints at deeper issues.

“Our greatest concern is that a deliberate, calculated manipulation of the national aviation safety system was attempted. It is not a ‘one off’ aberration. We firmly believe that the subsequent actions of both the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the ATSB were proven, by the AAI [RRAT inquiry] committee, to grossly pervert the conclusions of the ATSB investigation to suit a clearly predetermined outcome, thus denying industry valuable, safety related knowledge and information.

“It is the process by which these subsequent events occurred which demands an independent investigation conducted  transparently in public. We believe the Senate Committee is the right reporting and oversight platform for that investigation. The committee Senators are well briefed, informed and have a firm, current understanding of what transpired during the events subsequent to the Pel-Air aircraft ditching off Norfolk Island.

“Further, the Estimates committee is very clearly ‘awake’ to the machinations of the various aviation oversight bodies and will not easily be misled or confounded by ‘technical’ issues.

“We submit that any other form of investigation will not withstand the scrutiny of industry experts; as the initial premise is fatally flawed.”...

'Lest we forget'

PelAir & beyond - 'Lest we forget'


The PelAir Norfolk Island ditching came so close to being our first international aviation fatal accident. All on-board miraculously survived and therefore the accident never ended up in the Coroner's Court. However there was still much to be learnt - or there should have been much to be learnt - from one of the rarest survived aviation occurrences, that is a night ditching in open sea conditions of an aircraft. 

However IMO the PelAir cover-up highlights perfectly how our aviation safety system (Annex 19 SSP) is currently so fundamentally & reprehensively broken.

As a reminder of how far we have drifted from the ICAO principles for an effective State SSP, one need not go past the following post from Ziggy...  - The tale of Karen Casey #post65  

---

PelAir - 'Lest we forget' Part II

I note that in the very entertaining Estimate's session on Monday, that there was several references to the PelAir cover-up & indeed the "Chambers Report"...
  

Therefore Ol'Tom good initiative with the thread, if for no other reason than to send the message to these bureaucratic parasites that we haven't forgotten...  

So in order to refresh everyone's collective memory I will endeavour to assist with the many 'for instances' involved in the PelAir cover-up debacle...

On the 'fuel policy', while P7 is endeavouring to track down a copy, it is worth revisiting parts of the Chambers manipulated and obfuscated Special Audit report: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/documents...t_2009.pdf

---

It is also worth referring to page para 1.18.3 66-69 (pages 22-25 of CAIR 09/3) of attachment 5 of the CASA Senate Inquiry submission. Strangely large parts of para 1.18.3 seem to contradict the Special Audit report...  

Also for reference there is pages 28-32 of the original defective/deficient ATSB final report - see HERE.


MTF...P2