The new CEO of CASA, John McCormick, made some comments about its critics at the conclusion of a Senate Estimates Committee hearing on October 20.
The white or final Hansard record is less entertaining than accounts of the pink or first draft Hansard, but let’s look at the former, since it constitutes the public record.
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Tag Archives: Anthony Albanese
Plain talking about CASA and the media
October 30, 2009 – 10:36 am
Fines levied against two major US carriers highlight compromised air safety enforcement in Australia
October 15, 2009 – 5:05 pm
Penalties totalling about AUD $10 million filed by the US safety regulator the FAA against United and US Airways overnight are a sharp reminder of how derelict Australian regulators are when it comes to comparable breaches by Qantas and REX.
Neither Qantas nor REX has been prosecuted or fined over gross violations of the safety [...]
Sydney-one soon to be stuffed airport and three statements point to trouble ahead
June 19, 2009 – 5:55 pm
Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese ended the one airport for Sydney policy today in a rider to granting approval to Sydney Airport’s latest 20 year plan.
He said Sydney would need a second airport after 2029, and invited the NSW Government to join in a study to find and develop a site.
Which really means something will have [...]
The perpetual motion money grabbing machines of privatised Australian airports could hit the wall
June 18, 2009 – 8:00 am
The catch cry of privatised big city airports in Australia used to be ’sweat the asset.’
But the decision by the Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese to run the plans of Sydney Airport through the wringer at Access Economics suggests that ’sweat the owner’ could change this.
This report appeared in the Crikey Daily Email to subscribers yesterday.
Infrastructure [...]
Someone is bailing out of Bankstown and general aviation could be a very big loser
May 24, 2009 – 7:30 pm
A one third stake in the lease hold land at Bankstown Airport is up for sale.
This ad in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday spells potential calamity for GA or general aviation stake holders in a location many in the industry feared would be turned into retail malls or given over to other commercial use [...]
Air traffic controllers endorse possible industrial action
February 12, 2009 – 2:22 pm
Air traffic controllers have voted by 701 to 42 in favour of industrial action as may be directed by their union Civil Air over grievances concerning pay negotiations and levels of overtime.
This is not a vote for an immediate strike. While it could lead to a strike controllers say overtime bans are a more likely [...]
Your Christmas flight might even be on time
December 23, 2008 – 4:28 pm
Civil Air, the air traffic controller union, says there will be no industrial action during the holiday season.
This might not eliminate problems however, as the statement points to the chronic shortage of controllers, whether union members or not, which has caused air traffic control disruption all year.
The union’s tactic is to leave the Minister for [...]
Time, motion, airports and public transport synergies
December 2, 2008 – 5:45 pm
The difference between Australia’s airlines and Anthony Albanese is that they want a second airport ‘in’ Sydney and as outlined in the Aviation Green Paper released today, he is searching for a new airport ‘for’ Sydney.
The report says that the external location for the second airport will be supported by strong road and rail links.
Which [...]
The airports Sydney never built
December 2, 2008 – 2:36 pm
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese needs to be cautioned that his renewal of the quest for a second airport for Sydney has been a magnet for raving lunatics for decades. Some of them are bound to try and get past his minders and present him with some amazing concepts.
In the 80s the Alice Springs [...]
Earth to Albanese-AirServices needs to be fixed now
October 7, 2008 – 12:14 pm
Virgin Blue has always been good at publicity stunts, but its bill to AirServices Australia for half a million dollars because it couldn’t deliver full air traffic control at Sydney Airport last Friday is not a joke.
The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, has been told by all of the major airlines that the [...]
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