Ticks - in boxes; and of the parasitic kind
Hepworth - “Mr Chester later announced a study into general aviation, saying it would be aimed at removing barriers to growth.” (the Oz)
We seem to have both; lots of. The parasitic type outnumbering those in boxes. The CASA operation as it stands is sucking the financial life blood from the economy and industry, it costs a significant amount of money to provide the ticked boxes; many of those boxes are only ticked with pencil and not initialled…
There is now a long list of the actual ‘costs’ incurred by operators attempting to gain ‘operational’ approval, not only in monetary terms but in man hours and lost opportunity. It is an impressive bill compiled over a two year period – from budget estimates to budget estimates. Perhaps Chester’s ‘new’ initiative could ask operators the cost of doing business with CASA.
A further impost – for no return has been the amount of ‘additional’ money government have thrown at inquiry and review. Difficult to cost but if we go back to the beginning of the ‘regulatory reform’ process; there has been a staggering amount of money spent on the endless merry-go-round. Which would be ‘acceptable’ had the investment born fruit. The simple fact is that it has not.
Despite the rhetoric and ‘feel-good’ waffle from Chester; more time and more money is being allocated to keep the treadmill operational. Why? We know the problems, we have solutions to those problems; so why is Chester hell bent on this farcical ‘review’ process.
The money could be saved and most problems resolved by taking two, small inexpensive steps forward. (1) appoint Fawcett to manage the discussion between Carmody and Forsyth and make the ASRR happen – but for real. That would be a tremendous stride forward. That one simple measure would go all the way to regaining industry confidence. (2) Open an inquiry into the actions of individual CASA officers – judicial would do the trick – let the cards fall where they may. This action would restore credibility, faith and return justice to the system, sending a clear message that CASA officers must act within the law and common decency.
Within a six month the troubles within the industry would disappear; about half the amount of time Chester wants to waste having yet another useless report presented. Its Bollocks; Chester is only playing for time and votes; not for industry well being, CASA restructure or the mythical ‘reforms’. Tell me again how long the process has been running and what it is estimated amount Australia has spent, so far on the farce? Is that 30 years, over 400,000,000 million and still counting, you say. Well duck me.
Stellar stuff; great to see Darren 6D has got it ‘sussed’. That faery dust Glen Sterle is wanting must be obtainable somewhere; need to be careful though – imagine what the voters would think if a minister ended up looking like a high priest of some voodoo cult. There’s a happy thought.
Toot-toot.
Hepworth - “Mr Chester later announced a study into general aviation, saying it would be aimed at removing barriers to growth.” (the Oz)
We seem to have both; lots of. The parasitic type outnumbering those in boxes. The CASA operation as it stands is sucking the financial life blood from the economy and industry, it costs a significant amount of money to provide the ticked boxes; many of those boxes are only ticked with pencil and not initialled…
There is now a long list of the actual ‘costs’ incurred by operators attempting to gain ‘operational’ approval, not only in monetary terms but in man hours and lost opportunity. It is an impressive bill compiled over a two year period – from budget estimates to budget estimates. Perhaps Chester’s ‘new’ initiative could ask operators the cost of doing business with CASA.
A further impost – for no return has been the amount of ‘additional’ money government have thrown at inquiry and review. Difficult to cost but if we go back to the beginning of the ‘regulatory reform’ process; there has been a staggering amount of money spent on the endless merry-go-round. Which would be ‘acceptable’ had the investment born fruit. The simple fact is that it has not.
Despite the rhetoric and ‘feel-good’ waffle from Chester; more time and more money is being allocated to keep the treadmill operational. Why? We know the problems, we have solutions to those problems; so why is Chester hell bent on this farcical ‘review’ process.
The money could be saved and most problems resolved by taking two, small inexpensive steps forward. (1) appoint Fawcett to manage the discussion between Carmody and Forsyth and make the ASRR happen – but for real. That would be a tremendous stride forward. That one simple measure would go all the way to regaining industry confidence. (2) Open an inquiry into the actions of individual CASA officers – judicial would do the trick – let the cards fall where they may. This action would restore credibility, faith and return justice to the system, sending a clear message that CASA officers must act within the law and common decency.
Within a six month the troubles within the industry would disappear; about half the amount of time Chester wants to waste having yet another useless report presented. Its Bollocks; Chester is only playing for time and votes; not for industry well being, CASA restructure or the mythical ‘reforms’. Tell me again how long the process has been running and what it is estimated amount Australia has spent, so far on the farce? Is that 30 years, over 400,000,000 million and still counting, you say. Well duck me.
Stellar stuff; great to see Darren 6D has got it ‘sussed’. That faery dust Glen Sterle is wanting must be obtainable somewhere; need to be careful though – imagine what the voters would think if a minister ended up looking like a high priest of some voodoo cult. There’s a happy thought.
Toot-toot.