Monthly Archives: March 2013

Paul Phelan

March 26, 2013

Six of Australia’s peak commercial aviation bodies have launched a groundbreaking policy document that could well replace the government’s Aviation White Paper in the shaping of their organisations’ futures. Continue reading →

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    Submission to Aviation Safety Regulation Review ProAviation, updated February 21, 2014 Index We havn't been able to make the automated index function work in this post. Following are the principal headings in the correct sequence. We're working on a fix for that. Meanwhile the ten case studies which were part…
    Tags: casa, pilot, aviation, industry
  • Has anything changed?
    Regulation of Australian General Aviation and Low Capacity Airline Transport Volume 1: Enforcement - Why is it failing? Paul D Phelan September, 2000 The original version of this analysis was circulated electronically to all members of Federal Parliament, industry identities, aviation writers, other selected media outlets, industry associations, CASA Board…
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  • Get on with it!
    The national aviation authority’s new director won’t have to look very far for examples of systemic breakdowns that urgently need fixing. The regulator’s most recent assault on the aviation industry’s trust and respect displays most of the hallmarks of similar actions over the past 20 years, and could easily be…
    Tags: casa, industry, aviation, forum
  • Welcome back Minister, now let’s get on with it!
    The Australian Aviation Associations Forum has welcomed Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester on his reappointment to what he  describes as “this critical ministerial position for Australia’s economy, job creation and the aviation industry.” But the TAAAF’s welcome comes with a continued push for the Minister to steer back onto…
    Tags: casa, aviation, industry, forum
  • Aviation fights back on new government charges plan.
    April 2. 2015 A forum comprising Australia’s leading aviation industry representative groups has demanded that the Civil Aviation Safety Authority tightens its belt, becomes more efficient, and reviews those of its activities that contribute little to aviation safety while imposing new levels of regulation that industry is describing as "botched…
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Paul Phelan

March 26, 2013

This example is a complex one which details more than one apparent abuse. The most serious of these was the decision to ground a commercial charter operator based on ten unsubstantiated allegations, and then to publish the allegations on the CASA website.

Although it may be claimed that analysing a 13-year-old event is pointless, readers are reminded that the patterns of regulatory conduct we record are all too familiar in more recent events, as are the identities of some of the CASA employees who are still with the regulator. Continue reading →

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  • Has anything changed?
    Regulation of Australian General Aviation and Low Capacity Airline Transport Volume 1: Enforcement - Why is it failing? Paul D Phelan September, 2000 The original version of this analysis was circulated electronically to all members of Federal Parliament, industry identities, aviation writers, other selected media outlets, industry associations, CASA Board…
    Tags: casa, safety, aviation, authority, civil
  • ProAviation's submission to the ASRR
    Submission to Aviation Safety Regulation Review ProAviation, updated February 21, 2014 Index We havn't been able to make the automated index function work in this post. Following are the principal headings in the correct sequence. We're working on a fix for that. Meanwhile the ten case studies which were part…
    Tags: casa, aircraft, aviation
  • Not-so-great expectations?
    Comment - Paul Phelan, April 24 Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss has provided an interim Statement of Expectations to the not-quite-finalised CASA Board, effective until June 30, 2017. A ring-around industry sources found everybody frankly pretty cheerless about the apparent lack of any urgency on some of…
    Tags: casa, aviation, safety
  • Trust restoration checklist
    Trust restoration checklist An impressive number of industry’s elder statesmen attended the rally at Tamworth on May 6, and witnessed the growing concern that only deeds, not words, can set aviation back on the long track towards a restoration of some of the mutual trust that has been squandered over…
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  • CASA rulemaking uncertainty stalls rescue chopper plans
    Paul Phelan, April 4 2015 The South Australian government’s State Rescue Helicopter Service (SRHS) has been forced to cancel a request for proposals (RFP) to helicopter operators because of uncertainty over the future costs changes after full implementation of CASR (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations). A letter from the SA Attorney…
    Tags: casa, regulation, safety, aviation, civil, aircraft, authority

What’s this all about?

One of the wonderful things about flying is that just about everybody who does it, loves doing it. In fact some of our highest-time airline pilots spend their spare time building, restoring, maintaining and flying their own aircraft, instructing, and generally hanging around airports on their days off.

And everybody who loves flying has at least one unforgotten flying event, but often many, stored among their memories. Continue reading →

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  • Crisis point for Australian aviation
      Posted by: Paul Phelan Posted date: October 31, 2012 | comment : 2 On October 22 this year a Senate Committee inquiry into accident investigation processes began hearing submissions that focused on the relationships and interactions between the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, and on the management of their investigations…
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