Keith Page

Turbo it has been going through Parliament for the last humpteen years, last estimate was June next year. March 2016 was it first promised date so there have been extensions ever since. So do not hold your breath. KP

The councils are not smart. The bean counters get to and have a look at the statistics of how many aircraft land there and multiply a proposed landing fee and that is the total revenue...BUT....When all the costings and collecting process is put in place only half the planes turn up, their revenue scheme has fallen apart. The same when water meters were implemented they knew much water was being used. KP..

I see Don Ramsay was bragging how good the communication is. We had to wait for social Edina to tell us *Freedon to Fly, fiasco. *Barnfield going to CASA then staying for a couple of smokes then leaving. Just wonder will RAAus take home back? What I suspicious of, were they keeping it a secret, so Barnfield could go and have a look at the CASA then return to the fold and no one would be wiser.?? KP.

Just wonder did RAAus board leave the door open for him to come home after he did not like the real world? Anything is possible down there..

What is very interesting in your comment -- is when one writes those manuals it is so surprising how real thoughts leak through with the used of words. What I have found -- how aggression shows trough stand out like one never knows what, so it most likely will be there. KP

In my case the LAME is out of the equation. The C150 needs the annual/100hr that is a LAME exercise. KP

The C150 will be a lot dearer to own and maintain than the Jab. KP

Turbo in this case I think "normally" will be found somewhere else. KP

Yes Part149 has been published however it is good as useless needs a Manual of Standards go hand in hand with it. So what is the use of the stand alone Part149? To me it is a CASA look at me, we are doing good things to reform. If they were fair dinkum they would have Part 103 brought in at the same time. KP.

Why CASA only gets active when the pressure is right on them and aviation is on its knees, now the smart thing would have been start all these things years ago when the faltering started. Example Part 149.. A manual of standards is being developed and will be available in the second half of 2018 -- well do not hold your breath been around for 4 years to my knowledge, it has always been gunna and the next six months has been the answer. For Part 149 to operate effectively Part 103 will have to be brought in simultaneously. I just can not work out why all the stalling. KP.

Yes he was set up.. How would you answer that question when you all of a sudden discovered you were set up in the middle of an enquiry. Skidmore was a decent person because he did go and find things out for him self did not accept all advice. I think there was a bit of skin and hair flying after that question time, and he put it to those above him what should be done and they did not get interested so he decided he was wasting his time. Look who the minister was -- he and his mob were more interested in Latte's. KP

facthunter have a good read of DAS01/2015.. To me -- that is why Skidmore was moved a few would have had some tough questions to answer, he was turning the heat up on the CASA structure. Just as he lit the heaters he was gone and all was back to what it was, none of the recommendations in DAS 01/2015 were addressed. Who would lean on him to leave would not have a clue. KP.

Turbo -- that DAS directive was signed off by Skidmore in 2016 nothing has been done since 2015. Who has been keeping quiet about that one? 2018 now. KP

Might be a bit hard to buzz when one is over loaded with regulation and paper work. AND there are more regulations on the way. So what hope has it.. Even there are road blocks for Part149.. Just mention Part103 they shudder. Part149 and Part103 should be brought into being simultaneously. To have Part149 working without Part103 will be a bit of a dogs breakfast. KP

Read this link, something is not fitting together. KP. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-22/airline-passengers-facing-perfect-storm-as-pilot-shortage-bites/10012624

Have a read of this? Who is dragging the chain? KP. DAS DIRECTIVE Records Manager - D15/462765 01/2016 DAS Directive No. 1/2015 1 of 3 DAS DIRECTIVE – 01/2015 Development and Application of Risk- Based and Cost- Effective Aviation Safety Regulations Date of Directive: 29 May 2015 Directive No: 01/2015 Issue No: 2 Date Revised: 28 January 2016 Directive This Directive reaffirms CASA’s commitment to ensure that regulatory changes are justified on the basis of safety risk and do not impose unnecessary costs or unnecessarily hinder participation in aviation and its capacity for growth. It also extends the principles underlying this commitment to the application and administration of the regulations by CASA, to the fullest practicable extent consistent with the interests of safety. DAS Directives 01/2015 DAS DIRECTIVE Records Manager – D15/462765 01/2016 DAS Directive No. 1/2015 2 of 3 Guiding Principles Development of Aviation Safety Regulations • Aviation safety regulations must be shown to be necessary. They are to be developed with a view to addressing known or likely safety risks that cannot be addressed effectively by non-regulatory means alone. • Consistent with CASA’s obligations under the Civil Aviation Act and other Commonwealth laws and Government policies, every proposed regulation must be assessed against the contribution it will make to aviation safety, having particular regard to the safety of passengers and other persons affected or likely to be affected by the activity involved. • If a regulation can be justified on safety-risk grounds, it must be made in a form that provides for the most efficient allocation of industry and CASA resources. Regulations must not impose unnecessary costs or unnecessarily hinder levels of participation in aviation and its capacity for growth. • Aviation safety regulations should conform to the framework for the classification of aircraft operations, and align with other standards and practices, adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), unless differences are necessary to address particular features peculiar to the Australian aviation environment and those differences can be justified on safety-risk grounds. On the same basis, the aviation safety regulations should be consistent with international best practice, as reflected in the standards and practices of other leading aviation countries. • Recognising that international standards and practices vary, CASA will align its regulations with those that effectively address identified safety risks in the most costeffective manner. • Where it is appropriate to do so, aviation safety regulations are to be drafted to specify intended safety outcomes. Where known or likely safety risks cannot be addressed effectively utilising an outcome-based approach (in whole or in part), more prescriptive requirements will be specified. • In developing aviation safety regulations, CASA must consult appropriately with industry in an open and transparent manner ensuring that all communication is clear, timely and effective. • Subject to the applicable drafting requirements, CASA will strive to ensure aviation safety regulations are drafted as clearly and concisely as possible. • Where practicable, aviation safety regulations should be developed within a three-tier framework, comprising the Civil Aviation Act, the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations and Manuals of Standards. • Supportive advisory and guidance materials, including other acceptable means of compliance with regulatory requirements, will be promulgated and disseminated in conjunction with new and amended regulations, having regard to the time when compliance with new or amended regulations will be required. DAS Directives 01/2015 DAS DIRECTIVE Records Manager – D15/462765 01/2016 DAS Directive No. 1/2015 3 of 3 Application of Aviation Safety Regulations • In accordance with the Civil Aviation Act, the safety of air navigation is the most important consideration for CASA in performing its functions and exercising its powers. • Consistent with that obligation, the principle of legality and the explicit requirements of the civil aviation legislation in any particular case, CASA must always have regard to all relevant considerations when exercising discretionary powers, including the cost and other burdens involved in the application of regulatory requirements. • This cannot and does not mean that CASA must demonstrate that, in exercising its discretionary powers under the regulations in any given case, it has adopted or will adopt a course of action involving the lowest cost to, or least adverse impact on, the person or persons affected by that action. • What it does mean is that, where a person who is or will be affected by CASA’s exercise of discretionary powers under the regulations convincingly demonstrates, on evidence, that: - the same safety outcome contemplated by the applicable regulatory requirement can be achieved on another, more cost-effective and/or otherwise less onerous basis; - the person is able and willing to adopt and give meaningful effect to that alternative approach to compliance; - the alternative approach proposed can be implemented fully and effectively in a timely fashion, having regard to the interests of safety; - the adoption and implementation of such an alternative approach by CASA would not involve unreasonable additional oversight or administrative responsibilities on CASA’s part; and - no other persons would be adversely or unfairly affected by the adoption of that alternative approach, CASA will entertain a reasonable proposal for the adoption of another approach and, in the absence of good reason not to do so, CASA will adopt such an alternative approach. Signed Mark Skidmore AM Director of Aviation Safety Date: 28 January 2016

The Jab situation is OK which ever jurisdiction the Jab is registered that is where it is administered. ....BUT....Take the 150 for example. Say it is registered RAA it will still need a registered organisation to maintain it.. To me this exercise will be more costly to own this aircraft. Where is the cost benefit.? KP

How is the motor vehicle medical fitting into this new proposed equation?? KP.

You are correct there is no succession planning about the place, there are no young ones encouraged. KP

So what are the benefits of having an aircraft weighing 601-760kg on the register? Having the aircraft on the RAAus register will be useless as the benefits of RAAus registration are null and void because of the need to be serviced by a licensed organisation -- PLUS -- things will be worse as there will be a yearly registration as opposed to a life long registration. KP

Regional?????????????? You are kidding...KP

Go and have a look at Levil Aviation . I think it is wonderful what they are doing.Just wonderful equipment for the amateur builders and affordable. KP

Amateur/home/scratch build is the owners design, if those people have the smarts to meddle in that pond so why aren't they allowed?A great deal of the innovations in the world came from those people. KP

I do not know that you know.. Some of these home built aircraft are complex. I know of one (19reg) its electronics was way up in the complexity stakes.A great deal of the electronics which is in GA started life in the home builds. After the testing it went on to the GA life with paper work, certificates and the magic TSO, still the same animal.... BUT... 10 x the original cost. KP