Marc Joel Atrero

Time for a Rethink? The past year has certainly been bad news for the Civil Aviation Authority. Firstly, there was the very public and extremely embarrassing bloodletting over the TAAATS contract, followed by ongoing claims of low morale, confused management and finally the eleventh hour decision to abandon the introduction of a revised airspace classification

Industry Group Opts for Us Airspace System: Using its own resources and funds, the Bankstown Airport Chamber of Commerce has launched a survey to establish the attitude of professional operators to what airspace system should be employed in Australia. The Chamber sent out several hundred questionnaires to flying schools, charter operators and even EMS units

 Record Qantas Loss Clears the Path for Future Prosperity: In accounting for $446. 4m in items, Qantas has announced a record net loss of $377. 2m for the year to June 30. The unusually high abnormal items were largely associated with the merger with Australian Airlines, and also a restructure of accounting practices in line

Time for a Rethink? The past year has certainly been bad news for the Civil Aviation Authority. Firstly, there was the very public and extremely embarrassing bloodletting over the TAAATS contract, followed by ongoing claims of low morale, confused management and finally the eleventh hour decision to abandon the introduction of a revised airspace classification

Good One Oz! A decade ago almost to the day, Australians young and old cheered the news that September morning that we had pulled off the seemingly impossible and claimed a trophy at Newport, Rhode Island, that signified much more than a mere victory in just another yacht race. That exuberance of our America’s Cup

Caa Board Places New Airspace Proposals on Hold  In a not entirely unexpected move, the CAA Board, citing the need for absolute surety in matters of aviation safety, has deferred the planned introduction of the much publicised and contentious sweeping changes to Australian airspace. The newly appointed CAA Board Chairman, General Peter Gration, stated that