Hitch and the hornets nest, a cautionary tale.
From fearless Phelan, a short but succinct response.
The puff piece from 'Hitch' has brought those who made submissions, took time to study and have diligently tried to find some glimmer of sanity in garbage heap 61, out swinging. 'We' did after all pay, dearly, for abomination #61 and, rightfully feel entitled to some value for money.
It's bad enough that Skidmore is bluffing and throwing up a pony-pooh dust storm, claiming to be 'desperate' for 'feedback', which is unmitigated Bollocks. We expect a mouthpiece like Creedy to murmur sweet nothings; but I would have expected better from a 'writer' who represents some of those who will be worst hit when the hammer falls.
Perhaps Hitch and his ilk (maybe even Skidmore) should read the ProAv submission – HERE - . Virus and spam free from the Aunty Pru library.
Part 61 is not good law but the pet policy of a control freak with a box ticking fetish.
Toot toot.
A taste of truth and sanity; from Phelan.
From fearless Phelan, a short but succinct response.
Quote:Hitch, Would you mind skimming through the attached document and identifying any spleen-venting rants so I can tidy it up a bit?
Cheers, PP
The puff piece from 'Hitch' has brought those who made submissions, took time to study and have diligently tried to find some glimmer of sanity in garbage heap 61, out swinging. 'We' did after all pay, dearly, for abomination #61 and, rightfully feel entitled to some value for money.
It's bad enough that Skidmore is bluffing and throwing up a pony-pooh dust storm, claiming to be 'desperate' for 'feedback', which is unmitigated Bollocks. We expect a mouthpiece like Creedy to murmur sweet nothings; but I would have expected better from a 'writer' who represents some of those who will be worst hit when the hammer falls.
Perhaps Hitch and his ilk (maybe even Skidmore) should read the ProAv submission – HERE - . Virus and spam free from the Aunty Pru library.
Part 61 is not good law but the pet policy of a control freak with a box ticking fetish.
Toot toot.
A taste of truth and sanity; from Phelan.
Quote:Executive Summary.
This submission concludes that a pervading “culture” exists within the Civil Aviation Safety Authority that has degraded relations between the regulator and most industry sectors to a point where it is impacting negatively on air safety in ways that we illustrate by reference to examples.
It is submitted that this culture has developed, evolved and progressively expanded and consolidated since CASA was established in July 1995 and first designated as an independent statutory authority. We believe several symptoms of the existence of this culture can be identified in the examples we cite, and that it is manifested by the interaction between CASA departments which our examples illustrate.
It is acknowledged that a number of quality employees remain employed by CASA, although their numbers are reducing and their capability to influence the way the regulator carries out its functions has been so limited that numerous key figures have voluntarily left the organisation.
A majority of the aviation stakeholders we have consulted observe that the embedded anti-reform culture still exists and thrives within the organisation. They point out that it has already survived several high-level enquiries; and that events have proven that no reform can be effective unless those influences are identified and permanently negated.
CASA has operated, and continues to operate under the notion that to be legal is to be safe. Nothing could be further from the truth, particularly when the industry is forced to operate under flawed and ambiguous legislation while separate offices; and at times different officials in the same office, make differing decisions when applied to different operators requesting identical approvals.
We consider the situations we detail demonstrate that solutions cannot be developed and recommended without significant amendment to the Civil Aviation Act and Regulations.