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Pending.. : A miniscule announcement  

Now here's a turn up for the books, Steve Creedy was so keen to get the scoop that he skipped a cursory edit on this one, either that or he has Spanish heritage ... (Ps See headline)

Brindabella Airlinea founder Jeff Boyd to chair CASA  

• by: STEVE CREEDY
  
• From: The Australian
  
• May 13, 2015 12:00AM
  

Steve Creedy


Brindabella Airlines founder Jeff Boyd will be named today as the new chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, as the air safety regulator moves to repair a fractured relationship with the aviation industry.  

The move to appoint Mr Boyd for a three-year term will be welcomed as another sign that Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and the federal government are responding to industry anger about the way the authority had been pursuing regulatory reform and its relations with operators.

The Aviation Safety Regulatory Review report, chaired by industry veteran David Forsyth, last year called for sweeping reforms after criticising CASA for taking too hard a line and maintaining an adversarial approach to the industry, which had lost trust in the authority.

Mr Truss has since installed former Air Vice-Marshal Mark Skidmore as the director of aviation safety, revamped the board and last month delivered a letter of expectations to the authority calling on it to work more closely with industry.

Mr Boyd has served as deputy chairman since July last year and will succeed Allan Hawke, who headed the board from 2009.

Mr Truss paid tribute to Dr Hawke’s efforts and said he was looking forward to working with Mr Boyd and the new CASA board as they engaged with the industry to implement the government’s response to the Forsyth review.

Mr Boyd has more than three decades in regional aviation industry and founded Brindabella in 1994 before selling in 2011. The airline foundered under its new owners but was considered a success under Mr Boyd.

He was a vice-chairman of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia and is a ­qualified commercial pilot and a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer. He has also owned and operated a flight training school.

The government will also announce today the reappointment of Airservices Australia chairman Angus Houston for another term.

Breathless with anticipation the crowd awaits the Hawke departure. - See more at: http://auntypru.com/#sthash.Av2ChClE.dpuf


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