06-24-2016, 02:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-24-2016, 03:03 PM by thorn bird.)
Attitudes,attitudes and competence?
Its strange that I can visit my friendly FAA approved doctor, complete my medical in about half an hour, pay the doctor his fee, around $250 and walk out with my medical, another years worth of flying, no hassles, no stress, no delay.
Is that because in the USA time is money and the "Foster and Promote" ethos of the american regulator ensures there are no road blocks to you earning your living.
The FAA trust the competence of their appointed doctors to assess a pilot fit to fly and pilots are charged with self assessing their fitness each time they are about to commit aviation.
In OZ our Authority with its roots in the military have no regard for time and money, they are not required by our government to have any consideration of commercial reality.
The past decade or so, with no constraint or scrutiny by politicians has seen our regulator morph into a Pseudo police force with no judicial revie.The concept of just culture and model litigant thrown in the bin for expediancy and to disguise their incompetency.
The net result of this uncontrolled culture has allowed the promotion of incompetent egotists into management positions who reinforce the military ethos, you do what your told without question.
Anyone who joins CAsA automatically becomes a beyond reproach expert, anyone outside CAsA is viewed as an incompetent criminal completely lacking in probity.
Its strange that I can visit my friendly FAA approved doctor, complete my medical in about half an hour, pay the doctor his fee, around $250 and walk out with my medical, another years worth of flying, no hassles, no stress, no delay.
Is that because in the USA time is money and the "Foster and Promote" ethos of the american regulator ensures there are no road blocks to you earning your living.
The FAA trust the competence of their appointed doctors to assess a pilot fit to fly and pilots are charged with self assessing their fitness each time they are about to commit aviation.
In OZ our Authority with its roots in the military have no regard for time and money, they are not required by our government to have any consideration of commercial reality.
The past decade or so, with no constraint or scrutiny by politicians has seen our regulator morph into a Pseudo police force with no judicial revie.The concept of just culture and model litigant thrown in the bin for expediancy and to disguise their incompetency.
The net result of this uncontrolled culture has allowed the promotion of incompetent egotists into management positions who reinforce the military ethos, you do what your told without question.
Anyone who joins CAsA automatically becomes a beyond reproach expert, anyone outside CAsA is viewed as an incompetent criminal completely lacking in probity.