Monthly Archives: August 2014

Happier landings

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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 leads to a consistently smooth touchdown, in the right place. Continue reading →

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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. There’s…
    Tags: flight, pilot, training
  • 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…
    Tags: aircraft, pilot, flight, training
  • Tidying up
      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…
    Tags: training, flight
  • Getting it wrong – AAT blasts CASA processes
    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…
    Tags: training, pilot, flight
  • 54 of 74 years in the saddle
    Brisbane Airport firefighters staged a traditional special-occasion water salute for popular 74-year-old Captain Doug Whitbourn when he taxied in at the end of his final JETGO flight JG6 from Osborne Mine to Brisbane on last Friday (Feb 14). That was the tail end of 54 years, 23,045 hours, 11 log…
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Flawed safety laws must be stalled, says Helicopter Association

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The following commentary from Rob Rich, Secretary of the Australian Helicopter Industry Association, is published here in full along with a letter from the Association President Peter Crook to Minister Warren Truss.

Australian Helicopter Industry Association president Peter Crook has written to Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss to request Civil Aviation Safety Regulation Part 61 not be implemented on September 1, only 20 working days from now. 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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  • Aviation report welcomed – but industry looks for action
    The Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia (AAAA) has welcomed the report of the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) as “a useful step forward in fixing Australia’s aviation safety system," but says industry focus has swiftly moved onto urgent Government action to address the problems. “Industry feels vindicated in its criticism…
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  • Crash investigation response now due next month
    Delays in the government’s response to a senate committee report that has dumbfounded senators, the aviation industry and the general public are now expected to be resolved within five weeks. Transport Minister Warren Truss anticipates tabling the government’s response to the committee’s recommendations before the Parliament’s current autumn sittings close…
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  • CASA hiring transparency lost in obfuscation
    Industry representative groups are alarmed at recent events suggesting that the 12 current candidates for the CASA CEO appointment may now be discussed between executive recruiters and CASA Chair Dr. Allan Hawke next week, before a new board can be nominated and briefed to participate in the recruitment decision. They…
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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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