Much ado –
The approaching recovery of the Norfolk ditching ‘black box’ is creating a ripple of interest – Ben Sandilands – to the fore, yet again. Bravo Ben, keep the buggers honest.
OBRD. Symbol or evidence? that is the question. The pilot (not crew) admitted errors and paid dearly for it with a Bankstown special –(administrative embuggerance), which, to this day, unfairly, haunts his life, livelihood and happiness. The Chinese whispers machine has, once again, been very active and effective. As evidence, the OBRD may, or may not shed additional light, the ATSB clearly don’t believe it will, despite the initial IIC having the recovery, as per Annexe 13, sorted out. Then came the bizarre decision not to recover the OBRD, this was, eventually, followed by the disgraceful ATSB/CASA report. This was followed by a Senate committee inquiry, many days of evidence, thousands of documented pages leading to the publishing the damning Inquiry report, with some 20 odd ‘recommendations’, based on their findings. The accurate, damning closing remarks of both Fawcett and Xenophon were not complimentary to either ATSB or CASA. DPM Truss ordered an independent ASRR (Forsyth) review which threw up another 30 odd ‘recommendations’. To date only two of those recommendations have seen the light of day. Work in progress claimed for the rest, that fiction strongly disputed. The Canadian TSBC review was commissioned – more recommendations made. Alas, all to no immediate, visible effect.
No. recovery of the OBRD is simply symbolic; and, perhaps some small recompense for failed attempt to hoodwink Fawcett with ‘wording’ on the Ax13 in force at the time. When that OBRD breaks the surface it signifies that ATSB and CASA are beatable. Took a Senate inquiry and Ministerial review to get it that far – once. Unfortunately, time has since proven that hopes of even some small measure of reform have been smothered. Hopes that never, ever again will the industry see the likes of the Pel-Air report have been destroyed. All for naught, save the symbol of a battered, waterlogged, barnacle encrusted OBRD which may yet satisfy compliance and honour the basic tenets of probity. Until next time.
Read the truly disgusting article in today’s Telegraph; pilot and passengers dead – CASA crowing that they, and only, they are the saviours of aviation and the final word in passenger safety. The fact that Green hammered the crap out of them at every turn in the AAAT is not mentioned and, they allude to him being a menace, that they, the safety watchdog could not control. Nothing is further from the truth.
Cynical, self serving, disgusting and very wrong; not to mention the possibility of pre-empting and prejudicing yet another flawed, biased, manipulated ATSB report.
This before the dead are decently buried and properly mourned.
Shame on you CASA.
The approaching recovery of the Norfolk ditching ‘black box’ is creating a ripple of interest – Ben Sandilands – to the fore, yet again. Bravo Ben, keep the buggers honest.
OBRD. Symbol or evidence? that is the question. The pilot (not crew) admitted errors and paid dearly for it with a Bankstown special –(administrative embuggerance), which, to this day, unfairly, haunts his life, livelihood and happiness. The Chinese whispers machine has, once again, been very active and effective. As evidence, the OBRD may, or may not shed additional light, the ATSB clearly don’t believe it will, despite the initial IIC having the recovery, as per Annexe 13, sorted out. Then came the bizarre decision not to recover the OBRD, this was, eventually, followed by the disgraceful ATSB/CASA report. This was followed by a Senate committee inquiry, many days of evidence, thousands of documented pages leading to the publishing the damning Inquiry report, with some 20 odd ‘recommendations’, based on their findings. The accurate, damning closing remarks of both Fawcett and Xenophon were not complimentary to either ATSB or CASA. DPM Truss ordered an independent ASRR (Forsyth) review which threw up another 30 odd ‘recommendations’. To date only two of those recommendations have seen the light of day. Work in progress claimed for the rest, that fiction strongly disputed. The Canadian TSBC review was commissioned – more recommendations made. Alas, all to no immediate, visible effect.
No. recovery of the OBRD is simply symbolic; and, perhaps some small recompense for failed attempt to hoodwink Fawcett with ‘wording’ on the Ax13 in force at the time. When that OBRD breaks the surface it signifies that ATSB and CASA are beatable. Took a Senate inquiry and Ministerial review to get it that far – once. Unfortunately, time has since proven that hopes of even some small measure of reform have been smothered. Hopes that never, ever again will the industry see the likes of the Pel-Air report have been destroyed. All for naught, save the symbol of a battered, waterlogged, barnacle encrusted OBRD which may yet satisfy compliance and honour the basic tenets of probity. Until next time.
Read the truly disgusting article in today’s Telegraph; pilot and passengers dead – CASA crowing that they, and only, they are the saviours of aviation and the final word in passenger safety. The fact that Green hammered the crap out of them at every turn in the AAAT is not mentioned and, they allude to him being a menace, that they, the safety watchdog could not control. Nothing is further from the truth.
Cynical, self serving, disgusting and very wrong; not to mention the possibility of pre-empting and prejudicing yet another flawed, biased, manipulated ATSB report.
This before the dead are decently buried and properly mourned.
Shame on you CASA.