Posts about stuff relating to airports
Time to Revamp Aerodrome Certification?
Aerodrome certification seems like both a mature system and an emerging concept. I acknowledge that while it has been in place in states like Australia for twenty years, some states are still working through the necessary regulatory development and implementation. Regardless, I’d like to go out on a limb and suggest that the concept is underdone. It takes an overly simplistic view of aerodromes and, as such, can hamper innovation and development.
Developing Policy for Safe Landings: the Global Reporting Format in Australia
Complete alignment with ICAO is, generally, a good policy to have. Their standards and recommended practices (as well as guidance material) are developed in a thoughtful and considerate way. This process is slow and methodical (perhaps frustratingly so at times). Experts from around the world participate, often in their own time and in addition to their day job, with further support from the ICAO Secretariat. For my part, I enjoy being a part of this process.
But what happens with the standards that don’t quite gel with the operational environment in your state?
But what happens with the standards don’t quite gel with the operational environment in your state?
Aerodrome Geodata & The Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan (ALOP)
In light of COVID-19, partly because of it or exacerbated by it, the Australian Government has published an issues paper on the Future of Australia’s Aviation Sector with public consultation open until 13 November 2020. The paper is looking at a range of issues and not just COVID-recovery-related topics. They are also looking at regional access, airport regulation and funding.
One section in particular caught my eye and that was looking into the Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan (ALOP) and possible changes designed to free-up local government options. There is an interesting comment in this section that I wanted to explore using data-driven decision making (D3M) and some pretty cool data-visualisation tools that I have recently discovered.
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