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Addendum: AMROBA Breaking News.

Via AP email chain:

To all members,

 
AMROBA has identified why aviation is not harmonised with the Convention Annexes in the latest BNs
Breaking News: The Future of Civil Aviation
 
Ever since government merged the Department of Civil Aviation into the Department of Transport, the requirement for a Government Department(s) to negotiate Civil Aviation Free Trade Agreements, or recognition of Australia’s Civil Aviation, with other Nations is missing.
 
Government knew they had to have Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements (Civil Aviation Free Trade Agreements) with any Nation our industry could participate in the global markets.

This fundamental core legislative requirement to make The Department of Infrastructure, Transport Regional Development and Communications primarily responsible to obtain agreements with other nations to create jobs and improve the viability our industry is missing.
 
International agreements are government to government agreements that Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade normally sign.
 
Until government amends legislation to make DITRDC responsible, we only have domestic Civil Aviation.
 
Read the Breaking News “The Future of Civil Aviation  
 
Regards 

Reference pg 3-4: https://amroba.org.au/wp-content/uploads...iation.pdf

Urgent Action Required

The Government needs to set up an inter-government department Harmonisation Management Team (HMT) charged with day-to-day oversight of the civil aviation process and associated resources. The outcome must be an ability for government to obtain government to government civil aviation agreements recognising each other’s civil aviation design, manufacture, maintenance and training system. An inter-government HMT should invite AMROBA to be a member of that team and select 2-3 industry businesses involved with international trade to do the review. AMROBA is more aware of the issues than others.

What an Australian intergovernmental HMT would need to address are:

• Which Acts of Parliament need changing to open the aviation market to primarily the USA and other Asia/Pacific Rim countries. QUAD countries priority.

• Product certification harmonisation with the FAA
o FAA-CASA Implementing Procedures should be approved by HMT.
o Part 21 Approved Engineering Design Organisations to have same rights as FAA Part 183 Design Organisations. Delegates be given same functions.
o CASR Part 21 fully harmonised with FAR Part 21 from where it originated.

• Expand the current USA BASA to include maintenance.
o HMT should provide the guidelines.
o Adopt FAR Parts 43, 91, 145 & associated FAA guidance material.
o FAA/CASA Maintenance Implementing Procedures to be approved by HMT.

Without doubt, many jobs will be created in Australia once harmonised with the FARs.

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The Missing Link

No Act of Federal Parliament makes applicable Government Departments responsible for obtaining Free “Aviation” Trade Agreements with other nations. The applicable departments; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications do not have legislative responsibilities to negotiate aviation FTAs in the form of “Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements. This is the missing link.

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