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Senate Inquiry  - Oversight of CASA (Monday 19 Nov '18) - Part II 

Quote from Hansard 27 August AOPAA/AGAA private briefing to the Senate RRAT Committee ( ref: http://auntypru.com/wp-content/uploads/2...ficial.pdf

Senator STERLE:  I just have an observation. I don't know the minister. I think he's probably a decent human being but, unfortunately, ministers get entrapped by CASA. I'm no stranger to the operations of CASA. I have been in many political punch-ups with CASA over the years, to the point where former Senator O'Brien from Tasmania and I instigated a Senate inquiry into the operations and governance of CASA. That was nicely buried away. I think, Chair, it's probably time to revisit that again.

Mr Morgan:  I will make a very brief comment on that. I think that you have absolutely nailed the issue for us. On the discussion of flight training organisation regulation and the independent flight instructors, when we met with CASA to discuss these concerns the director of aviation safety and his deputy were in that meeting and they were joined by the two people who were actually responsible for part 1 41 and 42. I think it is fair to say that they were, frankly, not interested in hearing a critique of their regulation. We had a representative from the United States give a comparison—what happens in the US versus what happens in Australia. That same person, Mike Smith, gave a presentation at Wagga. They switched off. They demonstrated themselves as absolutely unwilling to listen and had a complete desire to avoid any discussion of changing what they had created. It became alarming for us when the minister for transport was recently announced, because his aviation adviser is one of those individuals. So we cannot have a discussion with the minister about changing this part of the regulation. I'm not saying that there is a conflict; I am saying that it becomes a very difficult exercise for us, from an industry perspective, to have an open and free debate on the issues if the persons involved are demonstrating a total unwillingness to be open-minded about it.

And to the good Senator Sterle's word...  

Reference: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Bus...Activities

Oversight of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Correspondence

1. Correspondence from Mr Ken Cannane, Executive Director,  Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association dated 27 August 2018 (PDF 573KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )
   

a) Attachment -  Relevant USA Aviation Act requirements (PDF 314KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )

b) Attachment - Civil Aviation Act, section 98 (PDF 247 KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )


Briefing

• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia, Monday 27 August 2018, Portside Centre, Sydney, Hansard transcript - (PDF 110KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee...docx?la=en )
  

Public Hearings

• Monday 19 November 2018, Parliament House, Canberra, Program - (PDF 95KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )
  

Today's hearing in pictures...  

First there was RAAus et.al insipid performance which IMO was simply not worth the effort to regurgitate, except for this bit which goes to the whole divide & conquer, COI and survive at all costs philosophy of the CASA Iron Ring:

   
 
Then AOPAA CEO Ben Morgan kicks ass...  :

Next came CASA with a not so happy Mr Carmody...

Hmm...not trying to mislead the Senate again are we Mr Carmody??

Ref: FRMS & the timeline of regulatory embuggerance

Can't wait for Hansard - MTF...P2