[thorn bird]

Oh dear,

once again our regulators are caught out. What the hell does it take to wake the Pollies up?

As an Industry we are consistently mindful that a level of safety is not measurable, it is a state of mind, which must permeate from the tea lady all the way to the CEO.

Whats the old adage?

"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect"

I recall that posters of this used to reside on the walls of most flying schools and operators. Perhaps it should feature, writ large, in every office of our regulators, with "NEGLECT" highlighted.

The rest of the world over the years has refined and updated their algorithms for determining the design of airspace management. I understand Australia still uses algorithms that date back to the end of the second world war.

Neglect? incapacity? carelessness? or arrogance? All the rest of the world is wrong, only Australia is right.