Monthly Archives: June 2013

Senator Fawcett’s vision for the future – opinion

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Senator David Fawcett’s remarks when formally tabling the “PelAir Report” on June 19 are reviewing the hopes of a beleaguered industry for an improved future.

The senator’s remarks about the regulatory reform process align closely with what (then Minister) John Sharp put in place in 1996. 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…
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  • 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…
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  • 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 the past 26…
    Tags: casa, aviation, safety, industry
  • 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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Has anything changed?

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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 members and management, overseas regulators, safety investigators and operators, and IATA and ICAO contacts. We are still receiving and responding to requests for copies.

The purpose of republishing a 13-year-old document is to provide a background against which readers can compare the aviation regulatory situation in the year 2000 with what is happening today, and evaluate what has changed, whether the changes represent improvements or regressions, and whether the nett safety outcome is a plus or a minus. Continue reading →

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    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…
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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…
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  • A new approach to enforcement
    The document below was circulated widely in March 1998. Yes, that's 15 years ago. It brought a glimmer of hope to an industry that was already beset by the out-of-control advance of adversorial, prescriptive and punitive regulation. Its fate should be part of the terms of reference of the government’s…
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  • Trust restoration checklist
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  • 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…
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Warren Entsch challenges CASA

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Warren Entsch, MLA for Leichardt and Chief Opposition Whip, delivered a fiery denunciation during last night’s adjournment debate, of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s treatment of Barrier Aviation. Warren’s electorate covers a large patch of Barrier’s operating area, and as a long-standing MP and frequent flier throughout Cape York and the Gulf Country, he’s watched these processes for many years with growing concern. Continue reading →

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  • 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…
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  • Has anything changed?
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  • Trust restoration checklist
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  • 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 the past 26…
    Tags: casa, aviation, industry

New search ordered for missing CASA documents

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The office of the Australian Information Commissioner has served notice on CASA under s 54V of the FOI (Freedom of Information) Act, requiring the regulator to re-conduct a previously requested search for documents, and specifying that it “fully document that search.”

The FOI request had been lodged by Mr Shane Urquhart, whose daughter Sally died in the crash of a TransAir Metro 23 at Lockhart River in May 2005. He has been a passionate critic of CASA’s oversight of the operator before the crash, and of its subsequent conduct during the ATSB investigation and the Coroner’s inquest. Continue reading →

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  • Trust restoration checklist
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