It seems incredible, but Tiger Airways just can’t get it right. CASA issued the latest update last night, noting that there were deficiencies in the documentation Tiger submitted, reports Ben Sandilands.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Tiger expects to resume flights ‘soon’
CASA has served Tiger Airways Australia with a list of conditions it must comply with in order to resume its domestic flights, and the airline says it expects to return to the skies soon, reports Ben Sandilands.
FAA acts on inadequate pilot training
It seems that much of the evidence given by CASA, Jetstar, Boeing Australia and other flight training programs to the senate inquiry into pilot training and airline safety may need revision, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tiger and CASA get some extra Senate scrutiny
The Senate Inquiry into pilot training and airline safety standards has deferred tabling its report from today until June 15 in order to seek further evidence from CASA and Tiger Airways, reports Ben Sandilands.
A Tiger hunt this morning
Singapore Airlines controlled Tiger Airways is under immense pressure in its Australian operations this morning even after it says it has satisfied safety concerns raised by CASA, writes Ben Sandilands.
Breaking the law shouldn’t be a necessity in Australian aviation
Avtex has now been exposed for having an appalling record of unsafe practices by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Pilot bullying, deliberate rule breaking and corner cutting were amongst the unsafe practice allegations.
Qantas A380s, the Pacific and the real story
Qantas is yet to seek CASA approval for its plans to resume A380 flights between Los Angeles and Australia on or about January 17. However there are even more serious matters in motion, reports Ben Sandilands.
What the ATSB, CASA and Qantas failed to tell the Senate Inquiry
Those familiar with basic aviation law are stunned by the continued evasion by the ATSB, CASA and the Qantas Group of full disclosure of a critical issue in the botched Jetstar go-around at Melbourne Airport on July 21, 2007. Ben Sandilands explains.
Dead tired in the cockpit
Why haven’t Australian carriers, and the safety regulator CASA, yet applied the significant Australia research into pilot fatigue resulting from sleep deprivation in this country? asks Ben Sandilands.
Regulatory capture, American Airlines style
There has been some ugly reporting lately of a problem largely hushed up in Australia, which is the regulatory capture of air safety authorities by the airlines they are supposed to regulate. Ben Sandilands explains.
CASA slammed on Norfolk plane crash
An interim report into the escape of six people aboard a flooded Pel-Air jet in the sea off Norfolk Island in November last year hangs air safety regulator CASA out to dry.
Qantas asks how Emirates’ near crash flew under radar
Sometime early in April, Qantas senior management is believed to have put rockets up News and Fairfax senior management.
Banned in Europe, Garuda still calls Australia home
Ongoing inquiries by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau make it clear that Garuda remained capable of being a menace to air safety in this country until at least 17 December last year, writes Ben Sandilands.
Antarctic air link closed to tourists… but for how long?
The Australian Antarctic Division is releasing updated plans for its jet link between Hobart and the Wilkins Blue Runway later this week which will multiply its original ambitions for the route, writes Ben Sandilands.
Inspected REX shows aviation security is a sham
Unless some clear cut guidance emerges from the Minister of Transport, Mark Vaile it appears that REX has metaphorically torn the cockpit doors off the massive investment that has been made in anti-terrorism measures in Australia since 9/11, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
The film from the cameras of the Balibo five have been with Australian military intelligence since very shortly after their murders. I understand that the National Sorry Day Committee is not entirely pleased with the Get Up campaign ‘The First Act Is Saying Sorry’ – something about no consultation and going against aims of the […]
Another Cessna Caravan crashes as CASA stalls
Another Cessna 208 “Caravan” has crashed within days of CASA disagreeing with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau over the need to warn pilots over the possibility of the aircraft’s single engine giving out in mid air, writes Ben Sandilands.
CASA v Qantas: justice delayed
Once the CDPP gets the Haneef review out of the way perhaps he will deal with a much more material threat to air passengers than a person who didn’t participate in the botched attack on Glasgow Airport.
