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Senate Inquiry  - Oversight of CASA (Monday 19 Nov '18) 

Quote from Hansard 27 August AOPAA/AGAA private briefing to the Senate RRAT Committee ( ref: http://auntypru.com/wp-content/uploads/2...ficial.pdf

Senator STERLE:  I just have an observation. I don't know the minister. I think he's probably a decent human being but, unfortunately, ministers get entrapped by CASA. I'm no stranger to the operations of CASA. I have been in many political punch-ups with CASA over the years, to the point where former Senator O'Brien from Tasmania and I instigated a Senate inquiry into the operations and governance of CASA. That was nicely buried away. I think, Chair, it's probably time to revisit that again.

Mr Morgan:  I will make a very brief comment on that. I think that you have absolutely nailed the issue for us. On the discussion of flight training organisation regulation and the independent flight instructors, when we met with CASA to discuss these concerns the director of aviation safety and his deputy were in that meeting and they were joined by the two people who were actually responsible for part 1 41 and 42. I think it is fair to say that they were, frankly, not interested in hearing a critique of their regulation. We had a representative from the United States give a comparison—what happens in the US versus what happens in Australia. That same person, Mike Smith, gave a presentation at Wagga. They switched off. They demonstrated themselves as absolutely unwilling to listen and had a complete desire to avoid any discussion of changing what they had created. It became alarming for us when the minister for transport was recently announced, because his aviation adviser is one of those individuals. So we cannot have a discussion with the minister about changing this part of the regulation. I'm not saying that there is a conflict; I am saying that it becomes a very difficult exercise for us, from an industry perspective, to have an open and free debate on the issues if the persons involved are demonstrating a total unwillingness to be open-minded about it.

And to the good Senator Sterle's word...  

Reference: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Bus...Activities

Oversight of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Correspondence

1. Correspondence from Mr Ken Cannane, Executive Director,  Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association dated 27 August 2018 (PDF 573KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )
   

a) Attachment -  Relevant USA Aviation Act requirements (PDF 314KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )

b) Attachment - Civil Aviation Act, section 98 (PDF 247 KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )


Briefing

• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia, Monday 27 August 2018, Portside Centre, Sydney, Hansard transcript - (PDF 110KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee...docx?la=en )
  

Public Hearings

• Monday 19 November 2018, Parliament House, Canberra, Program - (PDF 95KB https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committee....pdf?la=en )
  

The live proceedings will be able to be viewed on Monday - see here: https://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/W...Parliament

19/11/2018 
2:30PM - 6:30PM AEDT

Senate, Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport Legislation Committee (Oversight of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority; Oversight of Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities)

MTF? - What do you reckon...P2 

Ps Now about that ANAO audit of CASA - 

Reference: https://www.anao.gov.au/work-program/por...and-cities

Potential audit: 2018-19
POTENTIAL
Administration of regulation by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
The audit would examine whether the Civil Aviation Safety Authority administers its legislative and regulatory responsibilities in an efficient and effective manner, consistent with the Australian Government’s Regulator Performance Framework and with other relevant standards and better practice principles.

Entity: 
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Contact: 
Please direct enquiries through our contact page.

However, despite the fact that it's a bit like being slapped with a wet lettuce, would it not be possible for the committee (minus Barry O's vote) to ensure that the ANAO 'proposed' audit of CASA actually happens before the next election...