Australian Aviation Council AUSAC Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come Carlton Crest Hotel, M

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Australian Aviation Council (AUSAC)Aviation
Summit The Shape Of Things To ComeCarlton Crest
Hotel, Melbourne, 14 March 2005
Proudly supported and sponsored by
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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• 0820-0830 Welcome Captain John Siebert, AUSAC
  President Executive GM Operations National Jet
  Systems
• 0830-0840 Opening Mr Ian Smith, Chairman
  Aerospace Maritime and Defence Foundation of
  Australia Limited
• 0840-0900 MCs Overview Mr Peter Harbison,
  AUSAC Director Managing Director Centre for
  Asia Pacific Aviation
• 0900-0930 Keynote Address Mr Peter Yuile,
  Deputy Secretary Department of Transport and
  Regional Services, representing the Federal
  Minister for Transport and Regional Services

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• 0930-1030 Panel 1 Regional Aviation, Policy
  Law, Airports, Education Training
• Moderator Mr Paul Bredereck, Vice President
  AUSAC CEO Aviation Australia
• Speakers
• Mr Terry Wesley-Smith, Chairman Regional Aviation
  Association of Australia
• Mr James Kimpton, Aviation Law Association of
  Australia and New Zealand
• Mr John McArdle, Chairman Australian Airports
  Association
• Mr Alan Jones, Senior Lecturer Kangan Batman TAFE
• Mr Stephen Fankhauser, Co-ordinator Aviation
  Programs Swinburne University of Technology

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• James Kimpton Law Policy (his personal views)
• Facilitating entry to the industry and expansion
  of participants in the industry disposed to
  comply with safety requirements is as important
  as ensuring the best behaviour by those already
  there the Civil Aviation Act should reflect
  this.
• Safety regulations should regulate on the basis
  of safety risk not economic characterisation of
  activity facilitate doing business where this
  does not undermine safety.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• James Kimpton Law Policy (his personal views)
• CASA and the Government should facilitate
  international trade in aviation products and
  services ratification and implementation of the
  Cape Town Convention regarding registration of
  aircraft and associated security interests would
  allow readier financing of aircraft purchases.
• The CASA liability issue must be fixed.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• John McArdle Airports (Chairman AAA)
• High cost of Regulation
• Regional and Rural Airports unintended
  consequences counting the cost of the new
  regulatory regime.
• Safety and Security Regulations increase
  staffing levels, administration and maintenance
  programs increased costs.
• Aging aircraft phase out of piston aircraft
  replacement costs terminal capacities.
• Effect of flow on from low cost carrier
  operations to Regional ports.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• John McArdle Airports (Chairman AAA)
• Bureaucratic Paternalism
• Not letting go of management regulated
  airports.
• DOTARS and CASA Regulatory environment that
  seemingly enhances career path opportunities
  instead of pro-active aviation related
  activities.
• Safety Management Systems and Security Risk based
  assessments and remedies should be enough given
  Common Law obligations.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• John McArdle Airports (Chairman AAA)
• Need for a National Aviation Industry Policy
• No review since mid 1990s policy despite recent
  turmoil in industry both locally and abroad.
• AUSLINK ignores Aviation as Transport connector
  and integral stakeholder with significant
  infrastructure investment and economic
  generation.
• Lack of training incentive within Australia
  impact on regional Australia.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Stephen Fankhauser, Swinburne University of
  Technology
• An aviation career We did it this way, this is
  what you need to do..
• Changes to the Air Transportation Industry in the
  last 25 years.
• Future Growth in the Industry and what does it
  mean.
• Do our young aspirants want to be aviation
  professionals the lure of the Multi Media.
• Aviation Training and Education an Integrated
  Approach.
• Education and Training for the Industry now.
• The Importance of Alliances.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• 1130-1230 Panel 2 General Aviation,
  Recreational Aviation, Maintenance Repair
  Overhaul
• Moderator The Honourable John Sharp, Chairman
  Aviation Safety Foundation Australia (ASFA)
• Speakers
• Ms Marj Davis, AUSAC Director President of the
  Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia
  (RFACA)
• Mr Ross Carrington, Managing Director General
  Flying Services
• Mr John Gardon, President Recreational Aviation
  Australia (RAA)
• Mr Ken Cannane, AUSAC Director Executive
  Director Aviation Maintenance, Repair and
  Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA).

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Marj Davis, President RFACA
• Ageing Fleet
• Cost of new aircraft out of reach for average
  General Avaition (GA) operator.
• How long can we keep repairing and refurbishing?
• What are the safety implications of operating a
  30 year old fleet?

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Ms Marj Davis, President RFACA
• Flight Training Standards Bureaucratisation of
  Flying Training
• Declining standards.
• Significant risks in particular in relation to
  Private and Business Flying.
• Brain Drain young Instructors leaving and
  older Instructors near retirement.
• Paper work required.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Ms Marj Davis, President RFACA
• Shortage of Career Instructors and particularly
  Chief Flying Instructors (CFIs)
• Recognition
• Reward
• Job Satisfaction
• Minimum hour qualifications for CFI

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Mr Ross Carrington, Managing Director General
  Flying Services
• Reinstatement of investment in new aircraft
• The government needs to support the previous
  depreciation provisions relating to aircraft
  purchases. Incentives need to be created like
  those in the United States to invigorate aircraft
  investment. Aircraft are the tools of our
  industry without these tools our industry will
  not survive.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Mr Ross Carrington, Managing Director General
  Flying Services
• Proper business management and planning needs to
  be developed in the industry. Who is going to do
  this ? What role can the regulator play?
• Engineers? Why young people do not consider a
  career as a LAME and take a position as a Holden
  engineer?
• Most of the current participants in General
  Aviation do not sell GA and whilst this condition
  exists then only a few will survive the next 5-10
  years.

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• 1400-1500 Panel 3 Military Aviation, Major
  Airlines, Aerospace
• Moderator Peter Harbison, Managing Director,
  Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
• Speakers
• Air Commodore Stewart Cameron CSC, Director
  General for Capability Management representing
  Chief of Air Force, Australian Defence Force
• Captain Chris Manning, Head of Flight Operations
  Chief Pilot Qantas Airways
• Mr John Bartlett, Head of Safety Systems Virgin
  Blue
• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Mr Rob Hunter, Vice President Production
  Military Services, Australian Aerospace (an EADS
  company)

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Air Commodore Stewart Cameron CSC
• Introduction of new capability and transition
  issues surrounding legacy capability platforms.
• Over the next 15 years, Air Force will be
  managing the introduction of capability and the
  transition of legacy items. This period of
  transition from old to new is likely to be very
  traumatic and will stretch our capacity to the
  limit.
• Air Force will be looking to industry to support
  and assist in the transition phase as transitions
  overlap to ensure that our capability can be
  maintained at adequate levels.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Air Commodore Stewart Cameron CSC
• Future Aviation Workforce Planning
• Air Force will bring into service many
  significant new capabilities in the next 10 years
  which will change the mix and distribution of
  aircrew and the required aircrew skill sets.

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• Air Commodore Stewart Cameron CSC
• Greater use of Reserve Forces within Air Force.
• Given that Defence has made significant
  contributions to the national skill and
  experience base (e.g. Air Traffic Control and
  Pilots), Air Force should strive to ensure that
  it continues to make use of these personnel once
  they depart full time service.

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• Mr John Bartlett, Head of Safety Systems, Virgin
  Blue
• The development of a regulatory model and
  structure that will ENABLE the orderly growth of
  air commerce in Australia.
• The current Australian regulatory regime is in
  danger of losing touch with an industry where the
  pace and scale of change is far exceeding the
  regulators ability to respond to new airline
  management paradigms in any consistent way.
• Current regulations dont address risk
  management, quality system or organisational
  accountability requirements, all of which are
  foundational disciplines in modern airline
  operation.

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• Mr John Bartlett, Head of Safety Systems, Virgin
  Blue
• The development of a clear Government aviation
  policy and associated philosophy.
• The prescriptive regulatory model is outdated and
  at odds with the outcome based models such as the
  new) FARs and JAROPS. The current model is
  captured by a functional approach driven by a
  technocratic regulator.
• The underpinning Civil Aviation Act is now 18
  years old and other than in the catch-all
  provisions of section 28 gives no clear policy
  guidance to industry on the organisational
  behaviours that drive safety outcomes.

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• Mr John Bartlett, Head of Safety Systems, Virgin
  Blue
• The Mutual Recognition of Aviation related
  Certification between Australia and New Zealand.
• Mutual Recognition has nothing to do with
  COMBINING regulatory systems. It simply accepts
  that each safety system achieves an equivalent
  level of safety in its own way.
• Mutual Recognition has political acceptance (MOU
  between Ministers). Statute in NZ, Enabling
  legislation currently before an AUS Senate
  hearing.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Relevance of the industry
• ? Is the industry really considered relevant in
  Canberra?
• ? Why doesnt the Government provide assistance
  for
• New aircraft we have a very old training fleet
  in Australia.
• Pilot Training (HECS) - Lack of quality in pilot
  recruitment pool.
• Apprentices - Aging LAME population.
• ? Who really represents the industry?
• ? Do we have too many self interest groups?  What
  lessons can we learn from other industry bodies
  e.g. Farmers, Tourism.
• ? We permit divide and conquer - this allows the
  bureaucratic system to wallow.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Safety
• Safety is not showing improvement.
• Should the Regulator hold the training budget?
• If yes, how relevant is the training they provide?

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Capability of the Regulatory System
• ? Legislative process does not represent the real
  world needs.
• ? Why not outsource to the NZ regulatory system.
• ? Inconsistency between Offices /Offices and
  Offices/ Canberra.
• ? Impact on Industry costs when safety is used to
  disguise an industrial position e.g. 132 rule.
• ? Knee jerk responses cost money e.g. security
  requirements.

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Aviation Summit The Shape Of Things To Come

• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Co-ordination of Military / Civil Resource
  Planning
• ? Aging LAME population.
• ? Lack of quality in Pilot recruitment pool.
• ? Use of Airspace / Airfields.

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• Captain Trevor Jensen MAP, Head of Technical
  Operations, Jetstar Airways
• Research and Development
• Need to really have a plan?
• Do we need an R D program in Australia? are
  we simply allowing a group of academics to hide
  from the real world?
• Honesty ? is this another gab fest or we going
  to make recommendations we are prepared to act
  on?