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HVH, MH370, Mangalore midair and the 4C's?? -   
(4C's = Conflict of interest/Conspiracy/Cover-up/Cock-up)

To begin I refer to the following historical MH370 AP and media  references:

Captain's Log 17.04.17: Hoody plays the TSI card on MH370 

...Mr Hood, in an internal ­review of Mr McNamara’s decision, also refused to release the documents. “The activities of the ATSB with respect to assisting the Malaysian investigation are covered by the TSI Act,” Mr Hood wrote in his decision.

He advised that the act holds that if a serving or former ATSB staffer or consultant “discloses ­information to any person or to a court; and the information is ­restricted” they have breached the act, which stipulates a penalty of two years in prison.

In response to an earlier ­inquiry, Mr Hood would not say whether he would allow any ATSB staff who no longer agree with the “ghost flight” and “death dive” theory to publicly express their views...

Australia’s chief science agency CSIRO says it knows where MH370 can be found

AUSTRALIA’S chief science agency says it is more confident than ever that it knows the area in which missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 can be found.

The CSIRO said its new report, released on Friday, that the most likely location of MH370 was a new 25,000 sq km area, north of the original 120,000 sq km search area.

The Boeing 777 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board and is one of the greatest aviation mysteries.

The new area was revealed in December, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Greg Hood has described it as “highly likely” that the area identified by experts contains the aircraft.

Given the above it was therefore of much interest to me the latest additions to HVH's (semi-retired) CV:

Deputy Chair
Airservices Australia · Contract
Sep 2021 - Present 11 mos
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Member
CSIRO Marine National Facility Steering Committee (MNFSC) CSIRO Marine National Facility Steering Committee (MNFSC) · Part-time
Jun 2021 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

A quick Google search of the CSIRO MNFSC brings you to this link: https://mnf.csiro.au/en/About/Governance...-committee

Mr Greg Hood, Member (Government Representative)
Deputy Chair - Airservices Australia

Govt Rep?? - 

Got to ask what the hell experience, other than his previous association (see above) with the failed ATSB MH370 search, does HVH have in the area marine/ocean scientic research??

Couple that with the timing of his appointment to the ASA Board in the middle of the ATSB investigation into the Mangalore Mid Air crash, where back in 2020 IMO "Advance" on the UP succinctly summed up in his post the real and affordable solutions to mitigating the safety risks highlighted by the Mangalore crash: Hooded Canary releases Mangalore mid-air prelim report 

US vs Australian airspace

In the USA ALL IFR aircraft are separated by ATC.

Dick Smith has been trying to bring Australian safety standards up for at least 30 years by insisting on the same ATC separation here.

The ATSB report confirms what this forum has known for some time => both aircraft were visible to ATC via ADS-B tracking.

Airservices have a flow chart that demonstrates the workload of providing separation is LESS than the workload of only providing traffic.

WHY?

Each task requires ATC considering the trajectory of every aircraft in the sector.

To separate aircraft, the ATC makes a decision and issues an instruction.

If the ATC passes traffic then the pilot may respond with his decision to change altitude or track or otherwise avoid the conflict

BUT then the ATC has to assess this change to determine if a different conflict will occur and perhaps pass further traffic.

So let us stop accepting the nonsense argument that it costs more to provide separation compared to traffic information - it does not.

What is the total cost of this accident going to be?

Almost two decades ago Dick organised a trip by both Airservices and CASA staff to the United States with flights arranged to demonstrate the ease of use and safety of Class E airspace.

A very experienced US ATC from the Southern California Terminal Radar Control Unit addressed the team and pointed out how easy it was to provide separation and how safe the result.

John and Martha King of King schools tried very hard to educate the team on why US airspace is as safe as Australian airspace in terms of collisions per flight hour but has so much greater traffic density and thus greater actual safety.

A lot of very experienced pilots and controllers in this country know Dick was right back then and he is proven right again by this accident.

CAN WE LEARN FROM IT THIS TIME???

   
Which brings me to yet another coincidental Can'tberra bubble bureaucratic appointment - remember this? 

MH370 Search Likely to Last Another Year Despite Debris Clue

&..this photo:



...with this post: https://auntypru.com/forum/-Australia-AT...28#pid4528

And these FOI disclosure log entries: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/...dacted.pdf & https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/...dacted.pdf

Not long after heading up the JACC Zielke was appointed COO of the CSIRO and was recently appointed the new CEO of the Australian Research Council.

Interesting to note that over a similar timeframe that both HVH and Zielke have been in perfect positions to help diffuse, obfuscate any potentially embarrassing media and public attention given to several international and domestic aviation safety issues (MH370/Mangalore Midair/Essendon DFO crash/Pelair ditching/FAA & ICAO audits) - Just saying...

MTF...P2