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  1. Looks like Big Mac cannot keep away!!! http://vocasupport.com/the-phoenix-mccormick-arises/ and more on the subject of changes: http://vocasupport.com/corporate-governance-in-casa-july-2015/
  2. The airport at Goulburn has resorted to "risky" advertisements. This is the latest in the saga: http://vocasupport.com/goulburn-airport-features-in-a-risky-advertisement/
  3. Well the dam appears to have broken this past week, with a series of articles continuing on in the Australian, together with a major statement by casa Board chair, Jeff Boyd. The material and links to the relevant articles are here: http://vocasupport.com/jeff-boyd-assumes-control-over-casa/
  4. AVMED - Do you have a problem with an assessment? Quite a few people have been complaining in a number of forums that they have had serious problems with casa AVMED assesments. These problems include failure to answer letters, e-mails, phone calls or FAXES. There have been numerous long delays for completed DAME medicals and we are looking to find out what the range of problems really is and how they can [if not already rectified], be rectified. I am a private pilot who has been through the mill as well, due to a mistake by a DAME, which resulted in my Class 1 being suspended. I was horrified when this occurred and would not wish the same treatment for anyone else. If you fall into this group, please click through to this page and assist us in compiling a proper list and range of issues faced. We all have heard of the CVD problems and the current case before the AAT, which is attempting to overturn a long determined principle [with no accidents in Australia (or world-wide) of CVD related accidents. casa say that the US accident had CVD symptoms, but the real cause was on-ground interference with the PAPI visual indications due to the local terrain. Please assist us as this will form part of a private review of AVMED and it's impact on aviation jobs in Australia. Contact for AVMED
  5. I left AOPAA as a member in the early 2000's when they ceased representing my interests, basically they "lost the plot". Further to that, when AOPA started taking money from CASA for "Safety Seminars", AOPA became compromised and How can their President [Phillip Reiss] be directly involved in the ASRR [Aviation Safety Regulatory Review] - Truss Review and maintain proper representation for his members, when they represent such a small number of members within the industry??.
  6. No doubt Westwind ran out of fuel. It is the mechanism behind the scenes that CASA takes, the likely influence on the ATSB report [e-mail evidence of iterference and direction to change report], the ineffective AOC and CAR 217 training, no 20.11 training, the missing docs on the actual weather, the failure to retrive the Voice recorders and so on. I have no doubt of the outcome by the pilot of a "splash-in" could likely be avoided if CASA had done their job properly, rather than getting involved in [what I believe to be] a striaght up coverup of the facts. Please explain to me why CASA offered the PelAir Chief pilot a FOI job??
  7. The importance of transponders and the people behind the screens cannot be over stated. I found this stuff for aread: http://vocasupport.com/?page_id=1800
  8. More information about the lessee at: http://vocasupport.com/?page_id=1934
  9. The issue here is that casa has breached the Transport Safety Investigation Act by not giving all the information it had to the atsb. In doing that, casa failed to give [atsb] them what is known as the "Chamber's Report". This report showed that casa had failed in it's duty of care in surveilling PelAir. The easy person to blame was the pilot rather than the PelAir system, which was completely "off-song". This is not about sms's, but in fact the failure again by casa to both adequately surveil, following approval of a deficient AOC, which casa approved anyway. There is further information and a complete breakdown at: http://vocasupport.com/?page_id=571
  10. The on-going senate inquiry into pelAir has some serious implications for all aviation, no matter what end of town. The Minister, was last night asked on his response to the current senate inquiry, where there was 176 odd pages which did not give any positive space to either CASA or ATSB. The 26 reccomendations even went to a reccomendation to investigate laying charges on casa and atsb for breaches of the TSI Act [Transport Safety Investigation Act] This is worth looking at : Albo is asked an aviation question and start asking questions. 29th Aug 2013, 11:41 #7878 (permalink) Up-into-the-air Join Date: May 2010 Location: More than 300km from SY, Australia Posts: 439 Finally Albo is asked a question on Aviation Ben Sandilandlands and Prime's Chris Reason have broken the drought on real aviation questions: Further information is on: PelAir in Open | Assistance to the Aviation Industry Let us all keep up the questions to the Minister and keep the pressure on. A useful source is: #aviation and #pelair on tw-tter.com and let albo know on @albo and tell them: Aviation needs your help #aviation #pelair @AbbottPressHQ @warrentrussmp @Nick_Xenophon @TurnbullMalcolm @SMirabellaMP @cnegroni @CUhlmann
  11. The following gives some of the information leading to this becoming a serious issue for us all http://vocasupport.com/?page_id=1306
  12. Thanks Dick for your support over the years and a wise head for advice. You could always be relied on for fair counsel. Fair weather flying always.
  13. GOULBURN AIRPORT: It is about time the Government came to the understanding that this is infrastructure that just cannot be replaced. How about a proposal for a complex across the M3/ M7 intersection in Sydney's west - this is the same type of interference as that proposed at Evan's Head. The closure/ destruction of Hoxton Park and the North/ South runway at Bankstown are just the same. This is a raw grab for money with an abbregation of responsibility by those who are supposed to properly represent us in the community. If it suits a "Government" to grab for money, they will do so, no matter what the human or other negative costs. A good recent example is the recent "grab for cash" by Goulburn Council and the proposed sale of Goulburn Airport. There is no proper public consultation, just a rush to ignore the deed on the airport, which effectively precludes a sale. Further this airport was placed in Council's hands by a private bequest for proper protection and use of the community, not sale. The same is the case for Evans Head and all airports covered by a Federal Government deed under the ALOP.
  14. GOULBURN AIRPORT: It is about time the Government came to the understanding that this is infrastructure that just cannot be replaced. How about a proposal for a complex across the M3/ M7 intersection in Sydney's west - this is the same type of interference as that proposed at Evan's Head. The closure/ destruction of Hoxton Park and the North/ South runway at Bankstown are just the same. This is a raw grab for money with an abbregation of responsibility by those who are supposed to properly represent us in the community. If it suits a "Government" to grab for money, they will do so, no matter what the human or other negative costs. A good recent example is the recent "grab for cash" by Goulburn Council and the proposed sale of Goulburn Airport. There is no proper public consultation, just a rush to ignore the deed on the airport, which effectively precludes a sale. Further this airport was placed in Council's hands by a private bequest for proper protection and use of the community, not sale. The same is the case for Evans Head and all airports covered by a Federal Government deed under the ALOP.
  15. Goulburn Airport - NO SALE It is outrageous that Goulburn Council have done what they have done. When the airport was first targeted for sale in 2001, it was stopped because of the codicil on the operations. Reading the contract for sale, Goulburn Council are not taking into account the planning constraints of the codicil of operation when Council accepted the money to upgrade the airport and on which they entered a deed. A deed cannot be varied by a "letter" from a Federal bureaucrat - "a deed is deed is a deed" on which Council say they can sell the airport. A look at the conditions say that the purchaser cannot meet these requirements anyway and there does not appear any way that Council wants to enforce that things do happen correctly. Remember that the taxiways do not meet the airports standard for example.
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