Sensauyma - Zero.
Hitch - "I hear a lot of stories from pilots who are frustrated with the condition of aviation regulation in Australia; some of them just make you want to smash apples, and others you can do nothing with but laugh. Yesterday I was told one that I can't put into either category, and so elected to laugh."
If the Hitch yarn above was a one off – you could be excused having a laugh; passing it off as typical of the bureaucratic tangles which, from time to time, occur in even the best run of ‘systems’. We have all been through one or two and with a little patience and time, usually a ‘tangle’ can be sorted out, without loosing your temper more than three times.
But this endless merry-go-round with Avmed is getting to a point where the ‘tangle’ cannot be sorted. It is in such a mess the medico’s have had enough, the aircrew have had enough; a gut full of the whole system. Start again is the only answer; there are many, many good models to choose from; the UK and the USA for example, any of the progressive world leading nations system would do – except perhaps for the NZ system which has been ‘Dougalised’ to a fare-thee-well.
Our very own Pooh-Shambollic aped this system and mantra, then refined it to suit his overblown ego. Specialist advice denigrated, a court or AAT battle to have ‘specialist’ advice supported over the idiot rulings of the CASA clerical system of medical assessment etc. The tales are many. But, this tale of woe above serves very well to reflect the lunacy within and the absence of any internal will to fix the glaringly obvious conclusion. Avmed is out of control and those driving it have NFI how to sort it out. If it were an animal suffering like that, you would, out of kindness, put it out of it’s misery. Reformation of the entire Avmed system is overdue, by about 50 years. Avmed have no intention of changing, indeed they believe they are world leaders. It is time to disavow them of this risible notion.
Start with the fact that DAME’s actually know what they are about, are qualified to and can actually make the determination of whether ‘specialist’ advice is required; they are also responsible enough to accept ‘specialist’ advice; without the oversight of the administrator. These people are not children, neither are they criminal, certainly not stupid and take their responsibility seriously. So why not start right there? Return the authority, trust and decision making to those who are qualified and responsible.
Toot - FDS - toot.
Hitch - "I hear a lot of stories from pilots who are frustrated with the condition of aviation regulation in Australia; some of them just make you want to smash apples, and others you can do nothing with but laugh. Yesterday I was told one that I can't put into either category, and so elected to laugh."
Quote:CASA refused a Class 2 medical to a pilot who wanted to fly his C162 Skycatcher 30 nm. His problem was that the aircraft was VH-registered, not RA-Aus. AVMED apparently wanted more information on the spare tyre around his waist. So, no flying the little Cessna. Had the C162 been RA-Aus registered he could have flown it. Why is he suddenly unsafe because the aircraft is registered with CASA? Ask yourself whether or not this episode constitutes discrimination. Instead, the poor bloke had no recourse but to leave the Skycatcher where it is and go back to his day job of flying an A330 Airbus to Hong Kong, which he could do on his Class 1 and ATPL issued overseas. Not safe to fly an LSA alone, but safe to fly 300 pax on an international route.
If the Hitch yarn above was a one off – you could be excused having a laugh; passing it off as typical of the bureaucratic tangles which, from time to time, occur in even the best run of ‘systems’. We have all been through one or two and with a little patience and time, usually a ‘tangle’ can be sorted out, without loosing your temper more than three times.
But this endless merry-go-round with Avmed is getting to a point where the ‘tangle’ cannot be sorted. It is in such a mess the medico’s have had enough, the aircrew have had enough; a gut full of the whole system. Start again is the only answer; there are many, many good models to choose from; the UK and the USA for example, any of the progressive world leading nations system would do – except perhaps for the NZ system which has been ‘Dougalised’ to a fare-thee-well.
Our very own Pooh-Shambollic aped this system and mantra, then refined it to suit his overblown ego. Specialist advice denigrated, a court or AAT battle to have ‘specialist’ advice supported over the idiot rulings of the CASA clerical system of medical assessment etc. The tales are many. But, this tale of woe above serves very well to reflect the lunacy within and the absence of any internal will to fix the glaringly obvious conclusion. Avmed is out of control and those driving it have NFI how to sort it out. If it were an animal suffering like that, you would, out of kindness, put it out of it’s misery. Reformation of the entire Avmed system is overdue, by about 50 years. Avmed have no intention of changing, indeed they believe they are world leaders. It is time to disavow them of this risible notion.
Start with the fact that DAME’s actually know what they are about, are qualified to and can actually make the determination of whether ‘specialist’ advice is required; they are also responsible enough to accept ‘specialist’ advice; without the oversight of the administrator. These people are not children, neither are they criminal, certainly not stupid and take their responsibility seriously. So why not start right there? Return the authority, trust and decision making to those who are qualified and responsible.
Toot - FDS - toot.