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Regulatory reform not much closer – comment

Regulatory reform not much closer – comment

The last few weeks have been a spotty period for regulatory reform. First, CASA weighed in with 23 amendments to the CASR Part 145 maintenance regulations Manual of Standards, on which the ink was barely dry following its launch on June 26. 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…
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  •   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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  • David Jacobson, a 2010-retired Qantas and TAA training captain with a passion for getting it right, has launched an iPad app that targets what he sees as the most overlooked comprehension gap in both basic and ongoing flight training processes – the planning and execution of a landing flare that…
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  • Paul Phelan, June 1, 2015 In a comprehensive rejection of CASA’s decision to cancel a WA private pilot’s licence Administrative Appeals Tribunal Senior Member Egon Fice has bluntly told the authority: “The decision under review is set aside. The Applicant’s Private Pilot (Aeroplane) Licence and Student Pilot Licence remain valid…
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  •   CASA has set up a 26-person “special taskforce” to work full-time on finding solutions to identified issues with the new licensing suite of regulations – Parts 61, 64, 141 and 142. Director Mark Skidmore says the taskforce is working closely with a new advisory panel comprising member organisations of…
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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 planned major external review of Australian aviation safety and regulation.

What went wrong? Continue reading

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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…
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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, will, safety
  • Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, today announced an independent review of aviation safety regulation in Australia. Mr Truss’s portfolio includes responsibility for aviation regulation and related services and infrastructure, and the planned review is an iteration of the key commitments the Coalition outlined…
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