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Please get your pen out and put in a submission Steve Hitchen relates this to a change in Minister and the rejuvenated Barnaby Joyce – Steve Hitchen Does the general aviation community have that much inquiry fatigue that they can’t find it in themselves to engage with the current senate inquiry? Or, are we dealing with a level of apathy generated by the impacts of the pandemic; impacts that have…

Airspace Changes by Airservices- E

Class E was an early introduction between Melbourne and Mildura, with a lower limit of 7500FT. A clear and concise usage. AirServices [ASA] new changes are a mish-mash of levels, requiring significant pilot inputs. The proposal, by ASA uses AGL [Above Ground Level], not the universally accepted AMSL [Above Mean Sea Level]. There is no safety case made by Airservices in proposed changes to Class E…

Minister McCormack has some serious work to undertake

Minister McCormack has some serious work to undertake.

Here are the resolutions arising from the #aviation meeting in Wagga over the past two days [see below].

There has been some well thought out ideas here, which can be boiled down into:

Review of the Civil Aviation Act, to include as a minimum, a repeal of §9A (1) [changed to support aviation/ risk management?];

Inclusion of government’s Red…

The article in the Mt Isa paper demonstrates only part of the problem facing #aviation in Australia. A lot of these problems have been foisted on us by an unworkable aviation rule set, price gouging by Councils [and airport “owners”], air services charges, ASIC issues,  security, #casa impossible and micro management rules. The Mayor gets some of this complex situation, but, respectfully, needs…

#casa imposed regulations stifle #aviation in Australia is true, from meetings I have had over a period of time with training organisations. There is serious condemnation of parts 141 and 142, which follows from the debacle of part 61. Problems raised include: Slowness to process applications; Excessive costs; Intractable staff in the regulator; Intelligible “rules”; No improved safety outcomes…

A quick look at the history of this Minister, who is in charge of aviation within his portfolio shows a Minister who last October [2016] admitted he did not understand aviation to ABC’s Fran Kelly.  A Minister who excludes, with able assistance from his CEO of the regulator [#casa], key aviation industry participants from the aviation dialogue and failed to rein in a burgeoning expenditure by…

The Cobram Airport doomed if planners have their way, according to local airport users. Despite major upgrades which allow for night landings, better parking and facilities, the Council have not registered the airport. This is essential infrastructure and must be protected by regulation. Minister Barnaby Joyce, here is your first task as Minister. Stop the turbines and allow an airport a safe…

Lord Howe Island accident

The recent Lord Howe Island accident was reported today in The Australian. There are now three accidents/ incident’s that can be partially attributed to poor passing on of weather to pilots and aircraft in transit and variably poor Air Traffic control and likely interference by #casa. Pelair – November 2009; Mildura – July 2013; Parallells between PeAir and the #mildura two 737’s with alternate…