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The ASC (Iron Ring) Devolution of Sector Risk Profiling?

Reference from Embuggerance thread -   

GlenB embuggerance update: 25/02/21




Via the UP...

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CASAS AVIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE

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According to CASAs 2019/20 annual report, CASA has an Aviation Safety Committee (ASC), and that Committee is responsible for the "governance of aviation regulatory and safety risk". This sounds like a high-powered committee overseeing the "governance" of these matters. I have no doubt that the Closure of APTA would have been a topic at one of these meetings. Therefore I have sent a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request.

Provided that the public is entitled to know the membership of that committee, I look forward to being advised of the membership. I am quite confident that the names Aleck, Crawford and Martin will appear on that Committee, and may be the only members. Time will tell. I suspect CASA will have a reason not to advise the public of the Committee Membership.

"24/02/21 Please accept a Freedom of Information Request from Glen Buckley.

In this correspondence, I am making a request about CASAs Aviation Safety Committee (ASC), referenced in CASAs 2019/20 Annual report, with an excerpt below. Please note my bolding.

Under Freedom of Information can you please advise

1. The membership of the ASC.
2. Can I request the minutes of the meeting or any associated documentation from the meeting that APTA was discussed at. My assumption is that my matter would have been considered at the ASC level, and there would be correspondence reflecting that.

Respectfully, Glen Buckley
In the CASA 2019/20 Annual Report the following comments are made.On track

CASA’s Aviation Safety Committee (ASC) continually reviewed data from a variety of sources to inform its decision-making[b] [/b]and approach to surveillance and proposed policy development. Aviation safety data and trends were presented and discussed at ASC and CASA Board meetings.

The ASC produced 11 sector safety risk profiles, which are in various stages of completion in accordance with the Sector Safety Risk Profile Program. The program further informs surveillance planning through the National Surveillance Selection Plan. The governance of aviation regulatory and safety risk is managed by the ASC. The ASC met 11 times during the reporting period. The ASC reviews civil aviation safety incidents and accidents and surveillance findings which can lead to the revision of the sector safety risk profiles and/or the launch of sector-specific education activities.

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"..The ASC produced 11 sector safety risk profiles, which are in various stages of completion in accordance with the Sector Safety Risk Profile Program..."

Ok, so the concept of SRP within the Worldwide Aviation Industry Sector is not a new thing and in a broader context is the basis for modern day aviation safety management systems (SMS). And at one time CASA appeared to have warmly embraced the principles of SRP and SMS.

Reference Mick Quinn ANZSASI presentation 2008 - https://www.asasi.org/papers/2008/Challe...0Quinn.pdf

..The underpinning initiative for CASA’s reform program has been reinforcement of industry sector priority policy with passenger‐carrying operations taking priority....

...Understanding of practical and relative risk management is at the core of successful implementation of a safety management system, whether it be in the context of regulation, operations or accident investigation...

However for some reason, despite 'talking the talk', our air safety regulator, in recent times seems to have stalled/O&O'd the SRP program and this aberration seems to have occurred with the formation of the ASC by the now former DAS St Carmodious??

Let me explain, here is the blurb from the CASA R&S webpage (note the last time the page was updated): https://www.casa.gov.au/publications-and...statistics     

Research and statistics

The following information is about aviation activities, including safety statistics and reports.

Civil Aviation Safety Authority documents

•  Australian aviation community sectors (PDF 1.8 MB)
  
  
•  Sector risk profile for the aerial mustering sector (PDF 416.62 KB)
  
  
•  Sector risk profile for the aerial application sector (PDF 583.67 KB)
  
  
•  Sector risk profile for the aerodrome sector (PDF 1.24 MB)
  
  
•  Sector risk profile for the small aeroplane transport sector (PDF 911.92 KB)
  

Note: To assist Industry in understanding the risks that are identified within their Sector, CASA now can provide information called the Sector Analysis.

If your organisation is interested in learning more, please contact your CASA oversighting office to discuss the Sector Analysis applicable to you.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau documents

• Aviation safety research reports
  
  
• Aviation safety statistics
  

Federal Aviation Administration

• Lessons learned from transport airplane accidents
  

The lessons learned from aviation accidents library represents some of the most major accidents and their related lessons. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, with support from many others plan to continue adding to this material on an annual basis.

Last modified: 9 August 2019

Referring to the individual SRPs, so far completed, it would appear that the last time a SRP was actually completed was five years ago in 2016. This timeline of O&O would seem to match the first recorded knowledge of the existence of the ASC.

Quote from the CASA 2017-18 Annual Report:

CASA’s sector risk profiling methodology was applied to develop risk profiles for seven sectors: aerial mustering, aerodromes, small aeroplane transport, large aeroplane (exceeding 97 seats) transport, aeroplane medical transport, helicopter medical transport, and commercial balloon. In addition, the Aviation Safety Committee directed that campaign surveillance be conducted in the small aeroplane transport and commercial balloon sectors.

Quote from the CASA 2018-19 Annual Report: 

CASA’s Aviation Safety Committee (ASC) continually reviews data
from a number of sources to inform its decision-making and approach
to surveillance and proposed policy development. CASA is actively
collaborating with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the Bureau of
Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics and Airservices Australia
to develop a cross-agency identification and categorisation of datasets and
their associated use. Aviation safety data and trends are presented and
discussed at the ASC and CASA Board meetings.

Hmm...from my count there is still only 4 published SRPs, which you will remember were all publically available in 2016, so what has happened to the 3 extra SRPs developed in 2017-18 and the 11 SRPs 'produced' in 2019-20?  

MTF...P2