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?
Off the Hook: Kangaroo Collision Case Appeal Allowed
A little over a year ago, I wrote about a court case involving the owner of an aircraft claiming damages from an aerodrome operator after their aircraft collided with a kangaroo on landing. I was pretty proud of that post as I had exercised some newly developed court judgement reading skills. So, of course, the legal system would have to go an turn all that on its head and change its mind. It turns out that the aerodrome operator was not liable for the damage.
Let’s find out why and whether we agree with them…
Image credit: Altered photo by Scott Calleja
Noun-based Regulation
The modern world is definitely in love with its noun-based activities. Each week, a paradigm-shifting approach to some human endeavour is announced with a title like value-based health care or outcome-based education. When I delve into the details, I am generally left either confused as to what they are selling or how they are different at all. Regulation is no different. Just plugging "based regulation" into Google yields, on the first page alone, principle-based, results-based, performance-based, outcomes-based and output-based regulatory approaches.