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Regional aviation operators are encouraged to complete the Regional Aviation Meteorological Services Client Satisfaction Survey. brenden scott
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We attended the Avalon Airshow last week and undertook quite a number of ‘business as usual’ government departmental meetings there. Understandably, the premier meeting was the Ministers Aviation Industry Round Table which was attended by the CEO’s of many of the aviation associations and all heads of the relevant government departments. That was a very refreshing and engaging interaction where healthy and frank exchanges were met with respect. Another highlight of the show was the interaction with interested people at our booth. Everyone we spoke with was impressed at the generosity and philanthropic nature of our traditional scholarship sponsors (Ansett Aviation Training, Jeppesen Australasia, Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd and our latest suporter – Moorabbin Flying Services). A total of seven scholarships (engineering and flying) are available this year with a minimum value of $5,000 each. This clearly demonstrates a pragmatic and genuine re-investment in our younger aviation industry aspirants.
CASA are apparently finalising a new, focused and streamlined consultation mechanism that will be announced shortly. It seems the acting CEO/DAS is getting some real traction in a few areas. On the whole, this year is off to a great start with such a refreshing new culture at CASA. The Stakeholder Engagement team is doing an outstanding job and making every effort to forge a new level of trust and partnership with industry. The CASA Director of Aviation Safety is clearly having a significant and positive impact on the culture of old. The Sector Risk Profile team are working double time on the next two sectors. Firstly, the Helicopter Medical Transport sector and shortly thereafter the Aeroplane (fixed wing) Medical Transport sector. Hopefully the 36 – 98 Seat RPT sector will soon follow.
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The stakeholder engagement team is doing an outstanding job.
CASR PART 61 still has a long journey ahead before it is really fit for purpose. We all need to work together to make it into something that’s risk based, pragmatic and addresses both CASAs concerns (whatever they may be) and deliver what the industry needs to move forward. Perhaps an objective review against the excellent DAS directive 01/2015 could be a suitable starting point?
Professional Indemnity Insurance is still a major concern for those delegates performing delegated duties on behalf of CASA. It’s been over 12 months now since CASA advised that they were working on a fix and that retrospective cover would be available for those that transitioned early. We were told that would happen “as soon as the legislation was made”. We therefore assumed that the drafting was done and on its way to the lawmakers but alas, as far as we can tell, CASA has yet to draft a thing.
The Engineering Training Action Group work continues to meet with training providers and CASA. This work will ramp up significantly over the next two months as a number of independent studies are soon to publish reports on their findings.
The new General Aviation Advisory Group (GAAG) met for the first time recently. This group reports directly to the Minister and covers activity levels within the sector, skills and experience levels and the CASA Classification of Operations. This is the first time the GA sector has had formal representation from the various GA stakeholders with direct access to the Minister.
We continue to work very closely with the Bureau of Meteorology. We appreciate their collaborative and innovative approach to develop and deliver ever improving products to the industry at the lowest possible cost. The Bureau is conducting a survey to understand more fully how their products are being used by industry and to determine the current level of satisfaction from users.
We encourage you to have your say by completing the Regional Aviation Meteorological Services Client Satisfaction Survey at: https://survey.swiftdigital.com.au/survey.php?sid=18069&name=regional-aviation-meteorological-services-client-satisfaction-su
We are very pleased to announce the new venue for this year’s Annual Conference, is to be held from October 25-28 at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. The theme for this year is ‘Change is in the Air’ and reflects not only a new venue, but a refresh of the way in which the conference will be run, the introduction of a much more family friendly environment and excellent positioning for all exhibitors.
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