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Miniscule McDonaught aviation shitlist update -   

First this week's SBG via the AP blog: https://auntypru.com/sbg-27-09-20-mere-p...-practice/



Via AOPA Oz:

 

Orlvilleb Wright  · 1:14:56 There is only two names which are consistent – Eastern Bloc Illich and his acolyte Aleck 'rules for safe conviction' of pilots. Rod just another victim of system.

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Stuart Hutchison  · 1:05:24 It's an intrinsically corrupt public service regime ... secure jobs for the sake of job numbers; no realistic KPI's, no-one else with the time, money or inclination in the Government or senior leadership to challenge the systemic issues and inadequate performance management for anyone who sets a really low bar and consistently manages to achieve it.

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Orlvilleb Wright  · 1:03:59 Smoke and mirrors rule – the 'facts' are a movable feast; always.. Rod joins the IOS, a badge of honour. Never, ever quit.

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Debi Jefferson  · 1:12:17 it's easy for an authority from the comfort of their armchair to judge someone's decisions in a crisis where the outcome is a testament to good training and good airmanship well done captain Rod

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Stan Van De Wiel  · 19:53 The re-write of regs was identified more than 33 years ago. I thought they were completed months ago and now only needed the MOS to some parts. Does this mean the part 43 re-write, based on past performance, will be ready for the next generation. USA and Canada have had them since last century.

Wally Sturgeon  · 43:12 That is an abominable situation, when it would be too easy to adopt the NZ Part 43 Rules which came into force on 01 July, 1995, and have been progressively improved through to the present day.

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Stan Van De Wiel  · 1:11:29 Bureaucrats hold the elected parliamentarians to ransom. CASA are in an ideal position as they are the so called experts, but in CASA there are only a handful of real pilots and they are in the backroom silenced by fear as happens in GA. -

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Clinton McKenzie · 41:30 Your sin, Rod, was not to achieve, in 46 seconds, the perfection which a bunch of Monday-morning Quarterbacks in the CAA reckon you should have.

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Clinton McKenzie  · 58:58 Many later BASI and current ATSB reports are, sadly, and sometimes through incompetence and sometimes deliberately, works of fiction.

Plus:

We continue to support aviation.


We’re ensuing that major domestic routes are maintained and that our regional and remote communities right across the nation are continually provided essential air services.

Planes in the air = jobs on the ground.

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Andrew Kr Rubbish. While we have CASA we will never have true Part 135 and Charter will be too expensive. Thus there will be no competition and airlines will set the price.
McCormack is truly a weak fool!!

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Hedley Harding This is a very well rehearsed McCormick media release.. MR. PUPPET or MUPPET

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Ric Wilson Thanks McCormack for not responding to my input and the standard rubbish reply. Not happy Michael. You demonstrated that you don't care about a billion dollar industry. Attempts to talk with you and/or any key people within your office were gagged/fended off/ignored. Very bloody pissed off as a taxpayer.

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Peter Callil Ain't that just like politicians? They create the problem out of thin air, then ride to the rescue with our dollars to solve the problem they just created out of nothing.

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Higgins John You sold Bankstown and would not let the aviation industry there buy it! Why was that? How was that supporting aviation? Michael , you are lying every time you open your mouth!

A Game changer? - Or more Onepie in the Sky? 

From P.W.Hatch, via the Age:

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Massively concerned': Essendon Airport crash sparks Senate probe push

By Patrick Hatch

September 28, 2020 — 11.14am

The chair of the Senate transport committee is chasing a sweeping inquiry into commercial developments around Australia's airports amid concerns that new office blocks, retail developments and hotels are jeopardising the safety of critical transport infrastructure.

The push comes as part of the ongoing fallout from the 2017 Essendon Airport DFO crash, which has raised serious questions about government oversight of the rapid commercial development taking place at the nation's privately run airports. NSW's new airport at Badgery's Creek is also still in the middle of the planning process.



Five people died when a light aircraft crashed into the DFO retail complex at Essendon Airport in 2017. CREDIT:NINE NEWS

Queensland Nationals senator Susan McDonald, who chairs the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, said she was "massively concerned" about what happened at Essendon Airport, in Melbourne's north, as well as other developments in and around major, secondary and regional airports across Australia.

"We can’t risk aviation safety over commerce," Ms McDonald said. "We need to shine a spotlight on the decision making for infrastructure within air spaces and ensure that there is a clear understanding that maintaining airspace is a priority."


Ms McDonald said every airport in the country was under commercial pressure to build non-aviation infrastructure such as retail buildings and office blocks around their airfields. But those developments were potentially jeopardising the safety of people in the air and on the ground, and threatening airports' primary obligation to function as critical transport infrastructure, she said.



The Essendon Airport crash has raised questions about government oversight of developments around the country's airports. CREDIT:JASON SOUTH

Five people on board a Beechcraft B200 King Air died in 2017 when the light aircraft ploughed into the rear of the DFO retail complex built at the southern end of Essendon Airport's main runway in 2005.

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald revealed last year that Essendon Fields Airport had built the DFO closer to a runway than recommended under international and Australian safety guidelines.

The airport – run by the families of trucking billionaire Lindsay Fox and businessman Max Beck under a 99 year lease from the federal government – has since proposed narrowing the technical "width" of its runway so it can construct more buildings around the airfield.

The Australian Airline Pilots' Association (AusALPA), an industry group that represents commercial pilots on safety and regulatory issues, has had long-standing concerns about commercial buildings encroaching on airspace that were heightened after the Essendon Airport crash.

"There’s been this crack in the regulation that’s been allowed to open up what favours the commercial interests of an airport rather than the pure safety interests," said Captain Marcus Diamond, an AusALPA safety and technical representative.

"Our legislation is not fit for purpose, we’ve got to have a legislation review to close that gap."

Responsibility for approving new buildings around airports is split between the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Department of Infrastructure and private third-party contractors.

Captain Diamond said CASA needed to be made the sole responsible body for reviewing and approval new buildings to ensure transparency, accountability and that safety is put first.


The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is yet to release the findings of its investigation into how Essendon's DFO building was approved, which has been expected since January 2019. The report was released in draft form to the airport and other interested parties almost a year ago.

Ms McDonald said that if supported by other senators, the inquiry would look at examples of developments already built at airports around the country and examine CASA's role in reviewing and approving developments.

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