09-07-2021, 08:59 PM
Its sad, what a waste of time. This Senate Committee should halt proceedings immediately and forget about wasting time talking to CASA.
This Committee should be making a report to Government and Minister Joyce that includes some immediate reforms, like the helicopter chief pilot proficiency checking which Senator McDonald has known about from the first hearings, at least twelve months ago. I remember distinctly how she said that they should get onto CASA and get this fixed, was that eighteen months ago? That is there for anyone to see on video of the Committee’s hearings. What we’ve heard today shows that Senator McDonald did not follow through and therefore allowed a wrong system to persist to the detriment of everyone connected to the helicopter GA industry. She has positioned herself as champion of the North, but where’s the action ?
Very disappointing to see what is happening here, there’s no point whatever in asking questions of CASA. Same old playbook, yes this looks like a problem and yes Senator we will provide you with the reasons why we have the most thorough and careful rules and get back to you (when we can).
No doubt if we look back to the 2014 Forsyth report (which concluded I think in about one year), and the some thirty five Government accepted recommendations, you will find more of the same.
Today lots of tut tuting, sympathy and “we’ll take that onboard” but no action because we have to ask CASA for their opinion, but why? The facts are outstanding, they cry out for reforms, there must be changes now.
And so two years nearly past and Australia’s General Aviation industry is going further down the drain. Talk about fiddle while Rome burns, Forsyth was 2014 and quite obviously this Committee doesn’t have any of it’s recommendations in front of it. If it did it could have cut to the chase and demanded that the Minister make the agreed reforms that the Government forgot to implement from 2014.
Demanding change would take rare courage and invite party organisational and possibly career problems for a Senator or Senators but would be in Australia’s best interest.
This Committee should be making a report to Government and Minister Joyce that includes some immediate reforms, like the helicopter chief pilot proficiency checking which Senator McDonald has known about from the first hearings, at least twelve months ago. I remember distinctly how she said that they should get onto CASA and get this fixed, was that eighteen months ago? That is there for anyone to see on video of the Committee’s hearings. What we’ve heard today shows that Senator McDonald did not follow through and therefore allowed a wrong system to persist to the detriment of everyone connected to the helicopter GA industry. She has positioned herself as champion of the North, but where’s the action ?
Very disappointing to see what is happening here, there’s no point whatever in asking questions of CASA. Same old playbook, yes this looks like a problem and yes Senator we will provide you with the reasons why we have the most thorough and careful rules and get back to you (when we can).
No doubt if we look back to the 2014 Forsyth report (which concluded I think in about one year), and the some thirty five Government accepted recommendations, you will find more of the same.
Today lots of tut tuting, sympathy and “we’ll take that onboard” but no action because we have to ask CASA for their opinion, but why? The facts are outstanding, they cry out for reforms, there must be changes now.
And so two years nearly past and Australia’s General Aviation industry is going further down the drain. Talk about fiddle while Rome burns, Forsyth was 2014 and quite obviously this Committee doesn’t have any of it’s recommendations in front of it. If it did it could have cut to the chase and demanded that the Minister make the agreed reforms that the Government forgot to implement from 2014.
Demanding change would take rare courage and invite party organisational and possibly career problems for a Senator or Senators but would be in Australia’s best interest.