Captain Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 This is a simple Poll. Do you or don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Not quite simple as I see it so may need to explain my answer a bit. I wouldn't have faith in CASA administrating the local chook raffle, but, in saying that I do think "Rec" should be amalgamated into the competent federal administering DEPARTMENT. One can only hope. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I also thought the question unnecessarily long: DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN THE CASA'S ADMINISTRATION p.s. that doesn't make me a Dick Smith fan either BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Will Australia always be an aviation backwater and will CASA do its bit to contribute to our uncompetitive economy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 So, after all this time, you've fired RAA as the administrator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hell No! after the part 61 debacle, no one in Australia now can get an ATPL licence! CASA require a Multicrew licence test to get an ATPL now, but no one in Oz, or even the world, can do it... Banner towing? forget it, its a section completely removed from the regulations now.... and dont get me started on Medical dramas! CASA have ignored the advice of all their DAMEs, and now make licence decisions based on, whatever they feel like regardless of what their own doctors think.. such as the colourblind BS.. i know personally of 1 person who has had his career destroyed by it, he is colourblind, and has 16,000 hrs capataining a B767. then one day, CASA says he not safe anymore. but funnily enough, they approve flight using Night Vision goggles, where everything is a shade of green 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 So, after all this time, you've fired RAA as the administrator? Not at all Tubb. But isn't it now clear that the CASA just allows RAA to exist to delegate a bit of authority and allow the members to fund their own administration and thereby save the CASA shiploads of cash, but the CASA retain the power of overall administration & can step in about whenever Lee decides that it should happen? An example is that Lee happily ran RAA under the hopelessly inadequate paper registered filing system and then knocked RAA's head off with a baseball bat when he decided that such a system suddenly became inadequate. I also recall that Lee even called the RAA's second level staff together to have them act directly for him when an issue arose 3 or 4 Natflys ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 CASA is competent. Their brief is to ensure flying is safe in Australia. What better way to do that than make recreational flying impossible. Seems someone doesn't like Lee, I wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 CASA is competent??? I don't even think they would (if they were honest) agree with that, themselves.. They operate with everyone giving their own version of what is generally impossible to understand . They are inconsistent often. Subjecting all who they control to the no appeal or excuse to committing an offense.(they are all of strict liability). The last few years have set new standards of low performance. They just don't have people at some levels with the qualifications they need to perform the job adequately. Australia used to be a world leader in aviation. Not by a country mile would we claim that today. Nev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 CASA know more about nothing than most people ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 As useless as tits on a bull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 As useless as an ashtray on a motor bike. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest john Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 What CASA knows about AVIATION in AUSTRALIA is not worth knowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAA up-into-the-air Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 For you information, John McCormick was nominated for ICAO Chief, but there was an under-current of objections to this appointment - probably the nomination was the reason for him leaving "quietly" last February!! A Chinese woman was appointed to the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Just reading past mistakes of CASA and came across this quote. Seems history of CASA is all bad, had a friend have a run in with CASA years ago and sent the CASA guy running after his threats were recorded, accidentally recorded of course. Funny quote, CASA -we are not happy till your not happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Funny quote, CASA - we are not happy till your not happy You're. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest john Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 In all the years I have been involved in aviation with both GA & RAA ,whenever I have sought genuine assistance from CASA, I have always learnt after the event & from experience that it would have been better to have never sought their assistance in the beginning for whatever issue I had to deal with at that particular time. Other people will have differing views from what is mentioned above, but the truth sometimes hurts, & that is the truth as far as I am concerned. There is an old saying & it is ever true when dealing with CASA over any matter involving aviation issues & that is : Whenever a Greek is offering gifts, be forwarned that you will get burnt during the event before you know it. It appears that once CASA staff have been indoctrinated & brainwashed in their "school of indoctrination" & have been given the indoctrination Injection they graduate as self opinioned people where they talk down to you & you have to talk up to them. The only occasion that I can recall where they are compelled to come down to the same level as us little people is when they are subpoenaed by your Lawyer to appear as a witness in a Court of Law, & they try every which way to excuse themselves to get out of the subject Court case, but of course they are then answerable to the Judge & Court & not to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 useless as a fart in a trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Pretty overwhelming thread, have you guys considered a petition to the appropriate Minister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest john Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Petitions to a Minister or Local member are likened to referring that whatever the issue is, to placing a used tissue down the toilet, or in other words the common term of "ROUND FILING' that is, rolling the petition up like a tennis ball & then throwing the petition into the rubbish bin, because only the lower staff beauraucrats (who we also pay with our taxes ) usually see it & it doesn't get past their sniffly noses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Well do nothing then John, I'm sure that'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The only way to deal with quasi-government organizations is through the political sphere, much as is happening in the US regarding the FAA medicals. Frankly I'm sick and tired of subservient compliance with useless organisations like the UN and ICAO - leave them to deal with the real third world and leave the intellectually challenged third world quangos like CASA to the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 useless as a fart in a trance And as welcome as a fart in a space suit.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Pretty overwhelming thread, have you guys considered a petition to the appropriate Minister? Bex, you are on the right track, a petition could have a strong effect. I have been writing to authorities about current issues but it is a battle, I have not got a straight answer, but I'm persistent ! I keep pointing out they didn't answer ! They are well versed in story telling. When it's all said and done, there is more said than done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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