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If true?? God help us!

Reflecting on the Dougy gratuitous self-flagellation statement (above), particularly the bit in red,..

This is very encouraging stuff indeed and congratulations must go to the DAS Mark Skidmore and his deputy Jonathan Aleck.

...gave me pause to think back on a Ferryman Sunday Ramble from a couple of Weekends ago: 

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A Sunday ramble.

The power behind the throne.

There exists a research project which has been knocking about the PAIN archives for a long while now; it’s almost complete, just waiting for the anniversary of the Skidmore appointment to round it off.  Although, until a ‘platform’ can be found, such as a Royal Commission or a full blooded inquiry into why Australian aviation is in such a sorry state, it is likely to remain under wraps, added to until an opportunity presents.

One of the more intriguing threads running through the report is the part played by Johnathon Aleck.  During a long tenure with CASA the ‘Doc’ has survived many pogroms and ‘tidy up’ runs, shifting effortlessly into the background when the spotlight is on, steering the likes of McComic through the pit-falls, guiding, cajoling and whispering advice.  It’s even said he has even managed to wrangle some unchallenged, alleged to be ‘unconstitutional’ legislation into the Act.  The story goes that this is admitted, but the cost of mounting a challenge is astronomical, the chances of winning slim and the likelihood of a challenge being so remote that the legislation will stand until the Act is repealed.

There are many legends surrounding this shadowy, mysterious figure; claimed by some to be the master puppeteer, this evidenced in the lacklustre, carefully scripted Skidmore performance.

We are faced with a dilemma; Truss is publicly demanding that the Forsyth reforms be instituted, industry is patiently waiting for those proposed reforms to become reality; the board seem to working very hard and well toward reform; and, the ‘alphabet’ groups are nearly all singing from the same page: so why the delay.  Who should we believe?  The stark tangible evidence of zero real change; or the minister?  Clearly, someone has the brakes on – but who?

The constants throughout the past two decades along the road to perdition have been Mike Mrdak and J Aleck.  So, one is left to wonder where the true power to bring in the changes lays, clearly not with the minister, obviously not with Skidmore.  Some how, the ‘troops’ know this, for little has improved within any of the three essential services to industry, provided by government, paid for by the public.

Careful research and tracking through many events invariably finds both men involved; always in control, one way or another.  It leads to the notion that the iron ring is attached to the solid bulwark of the real power and influence behind the thrones. And begs the question – just who really runs the puppet show?  No brainer in my opinion, proving it; aye well, that’s the challenge ain’t it.  Will Truss meet it? – another no brainer.

End Sunday ramble.    Lured away by the smell of fresh coffee fresh on a spring morning, and blueberry muffins cooling.

Jonathon Aleck for Deputy Dog?? - Then I thought they wouldn't dare would they?? After all this is the individual who authored the CASA prejudiced 2010 MoU, that helped facilitate the PelAir cover-up & ultimately the embuggerance of Dominic James.

This is also the guy that is rumoured to be the major contributor to writing many of the voluminous, virtually unreadable or usable regs; and for adding pages..& pages of notified differences to the ICAO SARPs, to the point we are no longer compliant (in any real sense) to the ICAO Annexes.  

Just to be sure I checked -

Deputy Director of Aviation Safety


Vacant


Functions
The Deputy Director provides strategic support and advice to the Director of Aviation Safety across a wide range of CASA’s regulatory and other activities. When required, the Deputy Director assumes responsibility for specific projects or initiatives on behalf of the Director, and may represent CASA at government and international forums.

The Deputy Director is responsible for CASA’s policies relating to aviation safety analysis capabilities including matters arising from aviation accident investigation, programme management, knowledge information management, and the management of certain interdepartmental arrangements.

The Executive Managers of CASA’s Operations, Standards and Airspace and Aerodrome Regulation divisions report directly to the Deputy Director.

Contact
CASA (local call cost) 131 757

 

Jonathan Aleck


Functions
The Associate Director provides strategic support and advice to the Director of Aviation Safety across a wide range of CASA’s activities.

The Associate Director is responsible for the development and articulation of CASA’s overarching approach to regulatory policy and practice, and oversight of CASA’s governance systems, risk management, internal audit, quality assurance, strategic planning and reporting, corporate communications, corporate correspondence management, ministerial advice and international relations functions. Responsibility for self-administering sport aviation organisations and the general aviation taskforce also sits under the Associate Director. When required, the Associate Director assumes responsibility for specific projects or initiatives on behalf of the Director, and may represent CASA at government and international forums.

The Executive Managers of CASA’s Industry Permissions, Legal Services, Safety Education and Promotion, and Corporate Services divisions report directly to the Associate Director.
 

Phew...

Anyway word of warning for Boyd, the Board & Murky Mandarin, think very carefully about putting JA in the Deputy Dog possie, PAIN has a voluminous dirt file on JA's shenanigans, some of which is very revealing..  

BEWARE - "White Man speak with forked tongue!"


MTF..P2