Refreshing - (but scary).
To see a thread on Pprune shaking out of hiding an example of just how deep the official 'safety' system failures extend, across the board, with which the aviation industry must cope (like it or lump it). The least clearly defined being the way in which most of the responsibility for 'safety' is being foisted back onto company SMS and flight crew. So far removed from any form of accountability are the three big agencies that a situation, like the one cited below is allowed, by the 'authorities' to not only exist for even a day, but be virtually ignored. Not good enough; not by a long shot it ain't..
Roller Merlin - “Flew in there the other evening - 3 am Eastern time so we really all should be in bed, but no here we are with six jets all arriving or departing or pushing back and trying to establish what the others are going to do. It’s great that we all have a single frequency to talk on so the radio is going constantly while we are dodging a buildup, configuring the jet, calling checklists over the constant chatter and making sure we are safe to land at a frikin uncontrolled international airport in crap weather with perhaps 1000 souls involved blissfully unaware of the situation and that their government wants to blame the PIC if they are placed at risk. Yeah right.”
This thread kicked off April 08, 2023; after a separation event between two loaded passenger transport aircraft April 05, 2023. That is 19 days ago; Roller Merlin's post clearly defines the complete lack of a action taken by ATSB, ASA or even CASA. The solution is simple enough – put some people on deck, in the tower, approach and departure etc – before someone, somehow gets in a muddle and there's real trouble.
Well done Prune crew; Gentle, Bloggs Missy, TIEW etc for keeping the thread alive, focused and sensible. Will it achieve anything? We shall see; the Tote is open. Short odds on anything being done, this side of Christmas...
Toot toot....
To see a thread on Pprune shaking out of hiding an example of just how deep the official 'safety' system failures extend, across the board, with which the aviation industry must cope (like it or lump it). The least clearly defined being the way in which most of the responsibility for 'safety' is being foisted back onto company SMS and flight crew. So far removed from any form of accountability are the three big agencies that a situation, like the one cited below is allowed, by the 'authorities' to not only exist for even a day, but be virtually ignored. Not good enough; not by a long shot it ain't..
Roller Merlin - “Flew in there the other evening - 3 am Eastern time so we really all should be in bed, but no here we are with six jets all arriving or departing or pushing back and trying to establish what the others are going to do. It’s great that we all have a single frequency to talk on so the radio is going constantly while we are dodging a buildup, configuring the jet, calling checklists over the constant chatter and making sure we are safe to land at a frikin uncontrolled international airport in crap weather with perhaps 1000 souls involved blissfully unaware of the situation and that their government wants to blame the PIC if they are placed at risk. Yeah right.”
This thread kicked off April 08, 2023; after a separation event between two loaded passenger transport aircraft April 05, 2023. That is 19 days ago; Roller Merlin's post clearly defines the complete lack of a action taken by ATSB, ASA or even CASA. The solution is simple enough – put some people on deck, in the tower, approach and departure etc – before someone, somehow gets in a muddle and there's real trouble.
Well done Prune crew; Gentle, Bloggs Missy, TIEW etc for keeping the thread alive, focused and sensible. Will it achieve anything? We shall see; the Tote is open. Short odds on anything being done, this side of Christmas...
Toot toot....