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Join the dots - Part III: Hooded Canary returns to ASA

Via the ASA Media pages: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/new...ces-board/

Airservices welcomes the appointment of former Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Chief Commissioner, Mr Greg Hood, to the Board. Mr Hood was appointed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, the Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, and will serve as Deputy Chair for the next three years commencing 8 September 2021.


Airservices Chairman John Weber and the rest of the Board acknowledged the extensive aviation experience Mr Hood would bring at a time when Airservices and the aviation industry were responding to challenges such as COVID-19 and opportunities being presented by technology such as drones.

“On behalf of myself and the Board, I sincerely welcome Mr Hood to Airservices. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in aviation and safety, and we look forward to his contribution at this critical juncture,” Mr Weber said.

For the last five years, Mr Hood has served as Chief Commissioner and CEO of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), Australia’s national transport safety investigation agency. 
   
He has more than 41 years’ experience in the transport industry, beginning his career with almost a decade of service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He has since had a wide range of operational, training and leadership roles across the civil aviation industry.

In accepting the role, Mr Hood said, “I am greatly honoured to be appointed as Deputy Chair of Airservices, which has an excellent international reputation for air traffic management and aviation rescue fire fighting service delivery.

“I hope to be able to contribute positively to the well-established safety and service culture within the organisation as we navigate through the introduction of OneSKY, focus on the management of noise and the environment, and work with industry partners to safely manage the expansion of remotely piloted aircraft systems.” 

Mr Hood also holds qualifications as a glider and powered aircraft pilot, and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Freeman in the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, and a Life Member of the Qantas Founders Museum. 

Mr Hood replaces Air Chief Marshall Mark Binskin AC (Ret’d) who resigned in July 2021 to take up the role of Chair of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

Hmmm...join the dots to this post:

Million dollar Harfwit's (non-)consultation on East Coast lowering of Class E - WTF?   

Hmm...in the House of Passing Strange coincidences when you consider this: Mooney Crash ATSB + (via the Oz) Airspace changes ‘would have stopped fatal crash’

And even this (still outstanding) ATSB investigation: Hooded Canary releases Mangalore mid-air prelim report 

Presumably HC has been privy to a level of intel on the (still outstanding) ATSB investigation which is reported to be at the final report internal review phase: 

Final report: Internal review

Final ATSB investigation reports undergo a rigorous internal review process to ensure the report adequately and accurately reflects the evidence collected, analysis, and agreed findings of the Safety Factor Review. Final investigation reports also undergo other technical and administrative reviews to ensure the reports meet national and international standards for transport safety investigations.
If a review identifies any issues with a report, such as information that needs to be expanded or findings that need to be modified, investigators will look to collect new evidence or conduct additional examination and analysis of existing evidence.

This means that there is still the external or DIP review phase to come: 

Final report: External review phase
To check factual accuracy and ensure natural justice, Directly Involved Parties (DIPs) are given the opportunity to comment on the final report before it is approved to ensure their input has been accurately reflected.

DIPs are individuals or organisations outside the ATSB who possess direct knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the incident or accident. DIPs can only comment on the factual accuracy of an investigation, not its analysis and findings.

This process is consistent with international transport safety investigation conventions, including those published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, International Maritime Organization as well as the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. DIPs are provided from five to 28 days to provide their comment and present evidence in support of their comments. This timeframe can be extended to allow DIPs based overseas to provide comment.

Feedback from the DIPs could prompt an investigation to return to the evidence collection, examination and analysis, and report drafting phases of an investigation.

One of the DIPs to this accident is obviously Airservices and another would be CASA, so who would be the perfect individual to provide politically correct topcover for both the ATSB final report and the whole Mangalore airspace schmozzle??? 

MTF...P2