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THE DITCHING OF AUSTRALIAN AVIATION GOVERNANCE PART 2
When was the last time you did something that, in hindsight, you thought was foolish, stupid, not consistent with your normal behaviour, and possibly something that made you feel a little embarrassed about afterwards?
One of my experiences (a little over 20 years ago, but it only feels like yesterday) that left me feeling this way involved a big night out as part of a weekend flyaway that could have cost me, and my aviator mates, our careers.
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A Chadwick
says:Fantastic analysis Ben. I come from the same back ground as yourself but have also left that environment. I am involved in our SMS and agree with your perspective when looking at a incident.
Ray Robertson
says:I flew GA computer aircraft in the eighties and it was mostly run by cowboy operators who did what they liked with no policing from CASA.
If you didn’t do it, you didn’t work. The problem was that we were not killing passengers, so it must be safe…right?
It all changed with three fatal accidents.
Too late for me though. I got out of the industry in 1983. CASA had a lot to answer for.
john auiger
says:As a foreign civil aviation authorities senior airworthiness inspector I once questioned a visiting C.A.S.A. Manager as to why they Audited QANTAS and not charter operators, he replied you get more bang for your buck, (bigger result files) this attitude also explains why the bandarente aircraft operated by a R.P.C. holder has engine fire extinguishers whilst charter banderaintees did not require them, he explained that charter maintenance standard were lower as charter operators had less money.
RICKDAN
says:What I still find hard to believe is that no one ever credits the pilot with successfully ditching into open water in a storm in pitch black conditions with no fatalities or even injuries. It’s a bloody miracle in my opinion.
It also shows the incredible skill of the pilot, who has had his career ended prematurely for doing his job to perfection.