Perjury, Penury; or, Plenty o’ nuttin.
Dear Minister.
Welcome to the blood covered aviation ministers throne; we have moved as much of the clutter (dead ends, wasted effort, false hopes and CASA pony-pooh) as possible and hidden the poison chalice in an attempt to at least make the throne room fit for habitation. As a gesture of goodwill to a new chum, we would like to provide you with a glimpse of some of the beasts ravening at your back door. Now then, there are those who will whisper ‘all is well’ and you may relax as the appointed experts have matters aeronautical under control. You will, if not careful, be persuaded that the highly paid ‘experts’ actually know what they are about and have, in fact, done a wonderful job thus far. Alas, good Sir; this simply ain’t true; it is in fact about as far removed from ‘the truth’ as its possible to get, without landing up in goal, for perjury and creating industrial penury.
One of the ongoing, major catastrophes, created solely by the ‘experts’ is the attempted introduction of a new rule related to pilot fatigue; to wit, Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 48.1.
"CASA releases final report of review of new fatigue rules
March 22, 2018 by australianaviation.com.au"
This Chimera has been hanging about for almost a decade. The cost of supporting, feeding, redrafting has been through a monumental sum of money, provided, one way or the other, from the public purse. As the rule set stands today, it not only costs the public significant sums, but places a huge impost on the operating companies. All this mark you, for no significant improvement in either safety or efficiency. The rule is however rather good at trapping those who, in utter confusion, unintentionally breach the rule. When this occurs, ‘the experts’ gleefully rub their hands together - fines for cost recovery, prosecution in the name of safety; and, they can brag about improved safety through compliance at Estimates. So much for the ‘safety’ case – unless of course its related to ‘safe’ conviction.
These same experts are the ones who discarded a 2009 special report, prepared by two preeminent experts, within their employ. Of course that report focussed on the Pel-Air ditching and had to be buried. Almost a decade ago, the ‘right’ answers were being provided. Only now, at great expense, has CEO Carmody deferred the introduction of 48.1 after an independent expert review; now awaiting ‘industry’ comment. Time and money – money and time – time, after time, after time. Ad tedium ad nauseum.
Perhaps dear Sir, you could have one of your minions peruse the link – HERE – which may provide an insight and an update on the state of play. Then consider the last decades fiscal cost to arrive (return to?) at a point where ‘industry’ operational experts may reconsider the impact this proposed legislation will have on safety, operational efficiency, administration and the bottom line cost of doing business.
P2 – “Good QoN you ask Thorny... However; shouldn't we at least give Carmody a choccy frog? Because by default (with the release of the report) he is admitting (for once) that the CAO48.1 project was a waste of time, money and resources?”
P2 just about sums it up in a nutshell. It serves as a caution to the new chum not to place too much reliance on ‘his’ hand fed experts – when the real wisdom and knowledge is freely available from ‘experts’ within the industry – who actually live in the real, cold world.
L&K – from the houseboat crew
Toot – toot – (Next)…...
Dear Minister.
Welcome to the blood covered aviation ministers throne; we have moved as much of the clutter (dead ends, wasted effort, false hopes and CASA pony-pooh) as possible and hidden the poison chalice in an attempt to at least make the throne room fit for habitation. As a gesture of goodwill to a new chum, we would like to provide you with a glimpse of some of the beasts ravening at your back door. Now then, there are those who will whisper ‘all is well’ and you may relax as the appointed experts have matters aeronautical under control. You will, if not careful, be persuaded that the highly paid ‘experts’ actually know what they are about and have, in fact, done a wonderful job thus far. Alas, good Sir; this simply ain’t true; it is in fact about as far removed from ‘the truth’ as its possible to get, without landing up in goal, for perjury and creating industrial penury.
One of the ongoing, major catastrophes, created solely by the ‘experts’ is the attempted introduction of a new rule related to pilot fatigue; to wit, Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 48.1.
"CASA releases final report of review of new fatigue rules
March 22, 2018 by australianaviation.com.au"
This Chimera has been hanging about for almost a decade. The cost of supporting, feeding, redrafting has been through a monumental sum of money, provided, one way or the other, from the public purse. As the rule set stands today, it not only costs the public significant sums, but places a huge impost on the operating companies. All this mark you, for no significant improvement in either safety or efficiency. The rule is however rather good at trapping those who, in utter confusion, unintentionally breach the rule. When this occurs, ‘the experts’ gleefully rub their hands together - fines for cost recovery, prosecution in the name of safety; and, they can brag about improved safety through compliance at Estimates. So much for the ‘safety’ case – unless of course its related to ‘safe’ conviction.
These same experts are the ones who discarded a 2009 special report, prepared by two preeminent experts, within their employ. Of course that report focussed on the Pel-Air ditching and had to be buried. Almost a decade ago, the ‘right’ answers were being provided. Only now, at great expense, has CEO Carmody deferred the introduction of 48.1 after an independent expert review; now awaiting ‘industry’ comment. Time and money – money and time – time, after time, after time. Ad tedium ad nauseum.
Perhaps dear Sir, you could have one of your minions peruse the link – HERE – which may provide an insight and an update on the state of play. Then consider the last decades fiscal cost to arrive (return to?) at a point where ‘industry’ operational experts may reconsider the impact this proposed legislation will have on safety, operational efficiency, administration and the bottom line cost of doing business.
P2 – “Good QoN you ask Thorny... However; shouldn't we at least give Carmody a choccy frog? Because by default (with the release of the report) he is admitting (for once) that the CAO48.1 project was a waste of time, money and resources?”
P2 just about sums it up in a nutshell. It serves as a caution to the new chum not to place too much reliance on ‘his’ hand fed experts – when the real wisdom and knowledge is freely available from ‘experts’ within the industry – who actually live in the real, cold world.
L&K – from the houseboat crew
Toot – toot – (Next)…...