Airspace Management and Air Traffic Services

Running head: AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
Airspace Management and Air Traffic Services
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Part A
Aviation Industry of Australia, is one of the major contributor of Australian economy
and government Australia also helps this industry to gain prosperity by providing immense
support to this industry. The safety issues are effectively related to this aviation industry as
it is observed that, the cases of accidents or adverse events are very common in case of
aviation industry. In Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is associated with
the safety issue of aviation industry along with the Government of Australia. In Australia,
CASA has a few regulatory philosophies and they are made a per the government’s aviation
safety regulation. Those regulatory philosophies help CASA to maintain their principles and
policies in the aviation industry of Australia and as well as in worldwide aviation sector.
From the regulatory philosophies of CASA it is observed that, CASA tries to maintain the
issue of trust and respect of the aviation industry. CASA is committed to maintain the faith
of Australian aviation community and to regain its trust where the issue of trust has been
disrupted by any issues. In addition to this, CASA is also taking care about the safety issues
along with other possible consideration such as costs of the aviation process. They are
concern about the risks related to the aviation sector. As a part of this, they have conducted
sound assessment of level of risks related to specific aviation activity. So, it can be said that,
along with other issues, CASA is also concern about the hazard exposures as a part of their
regulatory philosophy. It is also observed that, CASA is tang the conventions of ICAO in all
possible cases (Australian Transport Safety Bureau 2002). They are consistent with the
international policies of ICAO. However, a few regulatory practices of CASA is modified as
per the policies and legislation of Australian aviation industry sector. CASA will make their
regulatory functions and policies in a collaborative and consultative manner. From the report
of CASA it is observed that, the safety issues are the primary concerns for CASA. As a part
of this, they are involved in promotion of safety issues in Australia and this will help CASA

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to perform better in terms of safety issues in the aviation industry. From various reports sent
to the various organizations or by individuals, it can be clearly said that, CASA fails to
maintain their regulatory philosophies (Civil Aviation Safety Authority 2019).
a) From the regulatory philosophies of CASA it is observed that, the safety issue is one of the
primary regulatory philosophies of CASA. In Australia, CASA plays an essential role in
maintaining the airworthiness system and it is evident that, in spite of presence of Australian
Government, CASA is primarily responsible for aviation safety in Australia. CASA exerts its
functions by taking direct actions and also monitors compliances by other parties as a part of
their indirect functions. From various reports it is observed that CASA has lack of clarity
regarding the regulatory requirements. From the structure of regulatory policies of CASA, it
is noted that, they do not have clear regulatory basis for commanding the Airworthiness
Limitations Structural Inspections. In case of ICAO, it is noted that, they have specific
regulations and responsibilities regarding the safety practices and airworthiness. Hence, it is
reported that, the CASA and Ansett believed that, inspection was needed for the B767 aircraft
(Phelan 2001). In 2000, this aircraft was withdrawn from the aviation market of Australia
due to safety issues. After that, it was reported that, this aircraft had a few errors in its safety
reporting. In this incident, a clear legislation was required as a part of regulatory policies of
CASA. When the experts investigated this matter, they discovered that, this inspection error
was made due to lack of regulatory policies of CASA. One of the most important issue that is
the aviation safety, is not all maintained properly by CASA (Australian Government 2014).
According to the report of Australian Federation of Air Pilots, it is observed that, this
organization had recommended a few measures for improving the safety issues in aviation
sector of Australia. According to this report, it is recommended that, the Australian
Government should develop a safety program as a part of their strategic plan for CASA and
this will help them in improving the coordination process AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION

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OF AIR PILOTS 2014). This recommendation clearly spotted the lack of safety policy in the
policy of CASA. As a second recommendation, this report stated that, the non-executive
employees of CASA had knowledge gap regarding skills of safety management, risk analysis
and management and hence they need to improve this side. In order to maintain their
collaborative approach towards the whole aviation industry CASA should change their
current regulatory policy as they were unable to maintain their regulatory philosophy. CASA
also were unable to set a medical standard for recruiting new staffs in their organization so
that all the applicants had a minimum medical standards (AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF
AIR PILOTS 2014). The report of Australian Transport Safety Bureau spotted the safety
errors of CASA in their report. CASA is responsible for conducting safety regulations for
civil air operations in Australia, developing and implementing a clear and appropriate
aviation safety standards for the aviation industry of the country. In addition to this, they are
also responsible for conducting regular reviews of the security system of the aviation
industry. This timely inspection will help to enhance the technical safety issues in the
aviation industry of the country and along with this, this safety inspection will also help to
inspect the safety related trends in the aviation industry of Australia (Australian Transport
Safety Bureau 2002). A regular safety inspection will enhance the quality of service by
enhancing the safety protocols. CASA is also responsible for promoting the safety-related
functions within the aviation industry. Another report by Australian Airports Association
indicated that, the more collaborative and productive approach are required to maintain a
healthy relationship with the aviation industry of Australia and CASA should review their
current collaborative regulatory philosophy so that, the aviation sector of Australia can be
improved (Australian Airports Association 2014). In recent time, it is observed that the
industry faces problems regarding relations to operations in the aviation industry and in this
report, it is indicated that, due to flaws from CASA’s end this distresses are faced by this