Normalising Tailwind Operations Politics Threatening Aviation Safety AusALPA is very concerned with the political processes being undertaken by Airservices (AsA) and Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) to appease a small but vocal segment of the local community who, after being lulled into a false environmental perception by the lack of aviation activity during the majority of the COVID-19 pandemic, are concerned by the impact of a resumption of flights on their property values as well as the impact on their quality of life. Read more>> March 17, 2022
Aviation Safety Conditions in Planning Permit PA1700266-3 Golden Plains Wind Farm Although it is hard to ignore the parallels with the iconic Australian movie The Castle, our primary concern in relation to the Craigwood aeroplane landing area (ALA) and the Golden Plains Wind Farm is with aviation safety as the underpinning philosophy of Australia’s airport safeguarding framework. Read more>> February 7, 2022
AusALPA Comments on the Drafts of the State Safety Programme 2021 & the National Aviation Safety Plan 2021 AusALPA embraces the Australian Government’s State Safety Policy Statement. We also welcome the prospect that our Government agencies will act to a far greater extent in meeting those aspirational goals. Read more>> May 21, 2021
AusALPA Submission to Airservices: Lowering Class E on the East Coast AusALPA welcomes the opportunity to contribute feedback on the proposal to lower the base of Class E airspace to 1,500ft AGL in medium and high density enroute airspace between Cairns and Melbourne in December 2021. Read more>> February 15, 2021
AusALPA Submission on the 2020 TAF Review AusALPA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the latest TAF Review. Read more>> October 6, 2020
Submission to the Senate Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Inquiry Re Exemptions We urge the Committee to carefully review how we got to the stage where a particular piece of delegated legislations allows an agency, hidden from Parliamentary oversight, to abandon its own modernised rules, ignore the stakeholder engagement and contributions thereto and acquiesce to an applicant’s desire for business reasons to “phoenix” discarded rules while avoiding any administrative law scrutiny on the basis that “happy applicants do not complain”. Read more>> June 30, 2020
Submission to the Senate Committee Inquiry Into the Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2019 AusALPA is committed to protecting and advancing Australia’s aviation safety standards and operational security. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the essential work done by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, particularly in regard to the security of our aviation infrastructure. Read more>> January 9, 2020
2019 NASF Implementation Review AusALPA recognises that the economic decisions surrounding airports, i.e. determining the balance between the economic benefits of developments and the detriments to the accessibility, efficiency and capacity of an airport, rest entirely with the relevant jurisdiction within which the airport is situated or which retains legal control. Read more>> December 2, 2019
AusALPA Submission to Gladstone Airport: Aerodrome Infrastructure and Runway Code Issues AusALPA prefers ILS Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) and 3D approaches over non-precision approaches and we advocate that they should be provided wherever they can be installed and retained if pre-existing. Our members find that ILS IFPs are an extremely useful approach type with significant safety enhancements over other approaches. Read more>> October 31, 2019
Essendon Fields Airport Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2019 Consultation AusALPA believes the Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2019 is primarily a commercial development plan that sacrifices less-economic aviation activities for buildings and non-aviation use. It does not promote, protect or encourage aviation activities and will limit future aviation use of this federally owned public asset. Read more>> July 2, 2019