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Bid to hush-up report on serious near miss between jets
There is a clear inference of conspiracy between the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the federal government to hush-up a serious near miss between airliners in Australian airspace.
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How Airservices Australia nearly killed 443 people
Crikey’s aviation blog Plane Talking has a by-the-second account of how an inadequately trained and supervised air traffic controller came close to killing a combined total of 443 persons 60 kilometres south-east of Mildura on September 3 last year.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Old athletes jeer for Rees
Nathan Rees got a chilly reception at the World Masters Games Opening Ceremony on Sunday night, things are going from bad to worse at Airservices Australia, playing games with Chevron and more hot tips from Crikey folk.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Special treatment for Star City
Star City Casino is getting more special treatment from the NSW Government, tells a Crikey tipster. Plus: who’s in control at Airservices Australia? And did Ian Chalmers really resign by choice from the board of Medicines Australia?
Three out of 10 air traffic controllers equals chaos
There appear to be more media managers and image massagers than Sydney controllers on the AirServices Australia payroll, with only three air traffic controllers available at Sydney Airport yesterday.
Planes flying blind at regional airports
Australia has tolerated, at airline insistence, the criminally insane mixing of scheduled passenger aircraft and smaller objects, writes Ben Sandilands.
AirServices burns $1.4 billion. Who’s to pay?
Is the Rudd Government about to impose a very costly version of the ‘Ansett levy’ on domestic flights to pay for a disastrous foray into foreign currency funding by AirServices Australia, asks Ben Sandilands.
Big loss on AirServices lease financing
Airservices is currently so short staffed it is refunding fees to the carriers for flights where it couldn’t provide aircraft separation, writes Ben Sandilands.
AirServices memo fails to shift the blame
The crisis gripping Australian air traffic control has serious safety implications, writes Ben Sandilands.
AirServices Australia memo
CEO Direct — Service interruptionsWednesday, 30 July 2008 The environment we are operating in Over the next few days there will be further media on the issue of service interruptions, current and future staffing levels and associated issues. It is very important for the management team and I to provide you with a clear position on the […]
Tips and rumours
Some ABC Learning staff have had their pay delayed as the company struggles to make ends meet. AirServices Australia has agreed to a confidential but very expensive settlement of claims for damages by the victims of an air crash south of Wangaratta 28 July 2004. A light aircraft owned by the D&R Henderson timber firm […]
Australia in danger of losing its aviation safety rating
Deficiencies in air safety in Australia have been uncovered in an audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and must be fixed by the end of the year to avoid risking the loss of its Level 1 rating, writes Ben Sandilands.
Air traffic out of control
Qantas refused to let its aircraft use Perth Airport for three hours on Friday night because AirServices Australia couldn’t muster enough staff to provide air traffic control in the area, writes Ben Sandilands.
Flightwatch radio network in the land of the undead
The Flightwatch radio network Dick Smith wanted kept open is now in the medical miracle territory of being both dead and alive, writes Ben Sandilands.
Dick Smith’s $100,000 message for Kerry O’Brien: fix the skies
Dick Smith, former chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and Civil Aviation Safety Authority, has hit out at Airservices Australia and the ABC’s The 7:30 Report in an unusual — and expensive — stunt designed to raise awareness of his ongoing air traffic safety concerns. Luke McKenna reprts:
