In the aviation industry, particularly Australia, the regulator has unlimited power to be Judge, Jury and executioner.
This leads to serious doubts by the user of the system in how he or she will be dealt with if there is an infraction.
It leaves those accused of an infraction with the AAT or Federal Court.
The AAT has quite different rules as to evidence, which allow a much lower level of proof for “statements” made by the regulator compared to Federal or State Supreme Court – “Rules of Evidence”.
Does CASA behave as a “model litigant” MLO = Model Litigant Obligations ?.
The answer is no – and there are numerous AAT and Federal Court cases to support this notion.
Further, with the matters raised as a result of the “PelAir” report by the Australian Senate, the ATSB also has serious questions to answer as to how it treats the regulator [CASA] when the regulator fails in it’s statutory obligations, through the SR/SA [Safety Recommendation/Action] system and the “softening” of requirements.
The effect of the ICAO/ FAA audit in 2008 was directed at areas that CASA failed to meet ICAO requirements. There were over 2000 non-compliance’s. These have still not been rectified and any attempt by the aviation industry to query and fix the situation have been firmly rejected by CASA. Compare with India’s audit.
In this web site, we are working to bring together information that can help others to understand why the regulator is taking a particular stand and publish difficult to find material from a range of publicly available sources, including FOI applications, Senate Inquiries, reviews [such as the ASRR] and a range of publicly available web and other sources.
The replacement of all the CASA regs with the US-FAR’s would be a distinct improvement and a complete re-write of the CAAct and associated Acts would assist in getting the aviation industry rolling again.
Colmar Brunton dumps #casa as a regulator that is at all popular:
Petition for change to aviation in Australia
What’s to come and what has gone??
May 2018:
24th to 26th May 2018 Rotor Tech in Brisbane
April 2018:
March 2018:
February 2018:
27th February 2018: Senate Estimates
5th February 2018: Close date for operation, funding Senate inquiry Inquiry details
January 2018:
31st January 2018: Freedom of Information and transparency – #casa Fails
15th January 2018: Review of #aviation in20117 and the #ASRR
December 2017:
23rd December 2017: Training disaster exposed
19th December 2017: Minister Darren Chester removed from portfolio
19th December 2017: December monthly missive
16th December 2017: Cobden Airport fights for it’s future
15th December 2017: Minister Chester exposed on aircraft accident – No public report
November 2017:
25 – 26th November 2017: Lilydale Flyin
22nd November 2017: Josh Hoch – Mt. Isa Court
4th November 2017: Report implicates poor #casa decision making for Lord Howe IS. and accident
3rd November 2017: Ian Britz develops a serious policy for aviation – Aviation will be front and centre of the New England by-election
1st November 2017: Comments on #casa annual report Jeff Boyd fails to get dates correct
October 2017:
28th October 2017: #casa annual report released
23rd October 2017: Senate estimates for October 2017
19-21st October 2017: Airventure 2017
7th October 2017: No progress by #casa for 20-years exposed
September 2017:
28th September 2017: Soothing the masses – Release on “Limitations on use of sSafety”
27th September 2017: Monthly missive – September 2017
22nd September 2017: Last day for submissions on drone discussion paper
12th September 2017: Useful information page on drones
7th September 2017: MrDak leaves the burning #aviation industry behind
5th September 2017: #casa releases “…Corporate Plan….”
4th September 2017: MrDak addresses the Institute of Public Administration in Canberra
August 2017:
19th August 2017: #casa called out over lack of progress for past 25 years
18th August 2017: Is #casa testing the water to put more pressure on GA and private pilots??
17th August 2017: FOI application on Right to Know reveals a $165,000 cost for #casa at Avalon
1st August 2017: Onerous presentation rules hit ASIC cards
July 2017:
25th July 2017: Monthly #casa missive
16th July 2017: LNP in Queensland calls for a Judicial inquiry into the Australian regulator – #casa
7th July 2017: Failure by Minister Chester to engage with aviation industry participant
June 2017:
26th June 2017: Monthly missive says #casa has stopped representation for pilots and aircraft owners
24th June 2017: Recycled CEO Carmody hits the promotional trail
14th June 2017: RAAus bails out of issuing ASIC cards as a result of changes supported by #casa
7th June 2017: Carmody appointed as DAS
2nd June 2017: Renmark training accident – Reminders of Darwin and Brasilia??
May 2017:
27th May 2017: AOPA AGM at Bankstown
23rd May 2017: Senate Estimates and the RRAT committee
18th May 2017: Dick Smith Weathercams are live – Thanks Dick
11th May 2017: Final Court hearing for injured nurse Karen Casey – #pelair ditching
7th May 2017: 12th anniversary of Lockhart River crash
6/7th May 2017: Wings over Illawarra [HARS Airshow]
April 2017:
15th April 2017: No information held on #casa communications by DIRD [Department of Infrastructure]
11th April 2017: RAPAC meeting Townsville
March 2017:
27th March 2017: March Missive
13th March 2017: Dromader Coroners report – David Black at Ulladulla
7th March 2017: #atsb in gun by ABC 7.30 report and #aopa
3rd March 2016: #casa castle at Avalon
28th February 2017 to 5th March – Avalon
February 2017:
27th February 2017: Second anniversary of death of #pelair patient Bernie Currall
Monday, 27 February and Tuesday, 28 February 2017: Additional Estimates
Group A*: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
23rd February 2017: #casa February missive
21st February 2017: B200 crash at Essendon
January 2017:
24th January 2017: #casa grants AOC to Joch Hoch – Arrested in Mt. Isa on 342 charges
23rd January 2017: Monthly missive – Carmody makes no progress
Police interview about the action taken by Queensland Police, not #casa
December 2016:
30th December 2016: Carmody “To the masses” The December missive
29th December 2016: #casa and the Advisory Circulars (AC’s)
23rd December 2016: Statement by Foreign Minister Bishop on insurance for #mh370 victims
15th December 2016: Submissions Close for Inquiry Drones [Part 101]
Drone submissions to senate inquiry
13th December 2016: 2016 report card for #casa = FAIL
1st December 2016: Report date for airport/ aviation security inquiry
November 2016:
23rd November 2016: #casa Carmody missive
21st and 22nd November 2016: Appeal by Insurance Company against Supreme Court award to Karen Casey (#PelAir)
18th November 2016: 7th anniversary of the #pelair ditching – No #atsb report
1st November 2016: Minister grilled (and fried!) by Fran Kelly on ABC Radio
October 2016:
28th October 2016: Minister Chester announces ANOTHER inquiry by the Department
27th October 2016: #casa release annual report and make another deficit (loss)
17th October 2016: #casa witness against John Quadrio appears in Court in Cairns
17th to 21st October 2016: Senate Estimates into #casa, #atsb, #airservices
13th October 2016:Senate Inquiry: Regulatory requirements that impact on the safe use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems and associated systems.The Senate moved that the following matters be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 27 April 2017.
5th October 2016: Meeting of AOPA-OZ with #casa
1st October 2016: Christine Negroni reports on #MH370
September 2016:
15th September 2016: Referral of Airport Security to RRAT
Early September 2016: Clint Eastwood releases “Sully”
1st September 2016: Shane Carmody from Department’s office placed in #skidmore seat
1st September 2016: Mrdak leads a badly developed #onesky programme panned by #ANAO
August 2016:
31st August 2016: #casa refuses to improve safety standards in Tasmania
27th August 2016: North Queensland Aero Club – Mareeba Opening
25th August 2016: Skidmore gone as CEO of #casa
24th August 2016: #colmarbrunton report opinions Further detail
16th August 2016: #casa fail in Colmar Brunton #aviation survey
12th August 2016: #casa takes a hit on pilot numbers in MSM
5th August 2016: Update on Mark Skidmore performance
July 2016:
29th July 2016L: Jonathon Aleck “..discrepant statements???….”
Skidmore missive: More misleading information??
2nd July 2016: Election – Will there be a new Minister??
June 2016:
30th June 2016: Jabiru – removal of onerous restrictions
Skidmore missive: More misleading information??
May 2016:
Fri 27 to Sun 29 May 2016. Rotortech 2016.
25th May 2016: AOPA meeting with Skidmore etal and aviation in a parlous state
12th May 2016: Innisfail Seminar
11th May 2016: Mareeba Seminar
10th May 2016: 11 years since Lockhart River
6th May 2016: Tamworth Meeting on Project Eureka
5th May 2016: Senate Estimates –
Skidmore faces questions about Tamworth
April 2016:
5th April 2016: Marc de Stoop in meeting with Minister
March 2016:
31st March 2016: Dick Smith seeks #casa answer before going to Federal Court over CAA 9A
24th March 2016: FOI launched into #casa comments over death of Richard Green
20th March 2016: Parallel universe – PelAir and Mildura
4th March 2016: Talkfest in Wagga by Mark Skidmore
1st March 2016: Questions raised on #casa Board activity
February 2016:
January 2016:
20th January 2016: #casa tries to justify CAR 234 changes
12th January 2016: AHIA teleconference with helicopter schools
12th January 2016: Serious questions raised as to veracity of information of #atsb and #MH370
7th January 2016: Two Ministers [Truss and Briggs] fail to answer aviation questions
1st January 2015: #casa and the 10-commandments, 2015 Annual Report misses information, loss made by #casa for second year
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