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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Context of the inquiry

[1]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 8.

[2]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Cabin Crew Ratios’, Document NPRM0905OS, February 2010, p 8.

[3]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Cabin Crew Ratios’, Document NPRM0905OS, February 2010, p 8.

[4]       Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, s. 208.

[5]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Cabin Crew Ratios’, Document NPRM0905OS, February 2010, p 7.

[6]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Consultation Process’: <http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_91146> last viewed on 29 September 2011.

[7]       Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Submission 6, p. 3.

[8]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 8; Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 4; Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 44.

[9]       Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 22; Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 1 June 2011, Canberra, p. 4.

[10]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 4.

[11]     Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 44.

[12]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 65.

[13]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Submission 2, p. 1.

[14]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 16.

[15]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Discussion Paper: Commercial Air Transport Operations - Large Aeroplanes: Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 121A’, Document DP 0001OS, April 2000, p. A26.

[16]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Air Transport Operations — Large Aeroplanes: Proposed Part 121A of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR)’, Document NPRM 0211OS, April 2002, p. A41.

[17]     Qantas, ‘Qantas flight 1737’, Media Release, 1 June 2003: <http://www.Qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?ArticleID=2003/may03/2916> viewed 8 April 2011.

[18]     House of Representatives Hansard, 2 June 2003, p. 15 579.

[19]     Martin Ferguson MP, ‘Anderson back on track on crew numbers, but still in denial about regional security’, Media Release, 2 June 2003.

[20]     The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand and Other Matters) Bill 2003, June 2004.

[21]     The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005, September 2005.

[22]     The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005, September 2005, p. 14.

[23]     The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005, September 2005, p. 16.

[24]     Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, Committee Hansard, 22 May 2007, pp. 21, 27.

[25]     Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, Committee Hansard, 22 May 2007, p. 27.

[26]     Ms Jane McKeon, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 37.

[27]     Ms Jane McKeon, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 38.

[28]     Mr Stuart Aggs, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 39.

[29]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 2.

[30]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 2.

[31]     Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[32]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 6.

[33]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 10.

[34]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 1 June 2011, Canberra, pp. 9–10.

[35]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 61.

[36]     Ms Jo-Ann Davidson, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 4.

[37]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 10.1, p. 1.

[38]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 63.

[39]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 4.

[40]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 2.

[41]     Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[42]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 5.

[43]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 65.

[44]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 1.

[45]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 12; Alliance Airlines, Submission 1, p. 10; Ms Susan D’Ath-Weston, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 24.

[46]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 6.

[47]     Ms Susan D’Ath-Weston, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 24.

[48]     Australian Airline Pilots’ Association, Submission 9, p. 1.

[49]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 4.

[50]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 17.

[51]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 3.

[52]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 25.

[53]     Ms Susan D’Ath-Weston, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 25.

[54]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 11.

[55]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 31.

[56]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 11.

[57]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 14.

[58]     Mr Ken Lewis, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 7.

[59]     Mr Stuart Aggs, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 38.

[60]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 64.

[61]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 28.

[62]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 27.

[63]     Cobham Aviation, Submission 3, p. 1.

[64]     Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 47.

[65]     Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 48.

[66]     Virgin Australia, Submission 7, p. 12.

[67]     Ms Susan D’Ath Weston, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 28.

[68]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 10.1, p. 2.

[69]     Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 51.

[70]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 21.

[71]     Ms Jane McKeon, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 40.

[72]     Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 6.1, p. 3.

[73]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 13.

[74]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, pp. 27–38.

Chapter 2 Issues arising from the inquiry

[1]       Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 8.

[2]       Mr Peter Robertson, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 57.

[3]       Alliance Airlines, Submission 1, p. 8.

[4]       Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 12.

[5]       Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 12; Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 46.

[6]       Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 46.

[7]       Mr Ken Lewis, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 8.

[8]       Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 10.1, pp. 4–5.

[9]       Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 12.

[10]     Transport Workers Union, Submission 11, p. 4.

[11]     Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[12]     Alliance Airlines, Submission 1, p. 7.

[13]     Cobham Aviation, Submission 3, p. 1.

[14]     Alliance Airlines, Submission 1, p. 9.

[15]     Alliance Airlines, Submission 1, p. 9.

[16]     Australian Airline Pilots’ Association, Submission 9, p. 4.

[17]     Mr Peter Robertson, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 55, 57.

[18]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ‘Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Air Transport Operations — Large Aeroplanes: Proposed Part 121A of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CSAR)’, Document NPRM 0211OS, April 2002, p. A41.

[19]     The ATSB wrote to the Committee to advise that it would not be able to make a contribution directly relating to the inquiry’s terms of reference, and that its investigations to date had not raised issues relating to cabin crew ratios.

[20]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 6.

[21]     Mr Terry Farquharson, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 9.

[22]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 9.

[23]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 11.

[24]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, pp. 6–7.

[25]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Submission 5, p. 7.

[26]     Mr Grant Howard, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 10.

[27]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 10.

[28]     Mr Lewis, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, pp. 9-10; Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 3.

[29]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 3.

[30]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 7.

[31]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Submission 2, p. 5.

[32]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 18.

[33]     Mr Tony Maddern, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 45.

[34]     Air Accidents Investigation Branch, United Kingdom Department of Transport, ‘Report on the accident to Boeing 737-236, G-BGJL, at Manchester Airport on 22 August 1985’, Report No: 8/1988, 15 December 1988, p. 9.

[35]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 20.

[36]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 21.

[37]     Mr Stuart Aggs, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 41;  Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 20.

[38]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 22.

[39]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 9.

[40]     Ms Carol Locket, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 9.

[41]     Ms Carol Locket, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 9.

[42]     Qantas Group, Supplementary Submission 4.1, p. 7.

[43]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 8.

[44]     Transport Workers Union, Submission 11, p. 5.

[45]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Submission 2, p. 7.

[46]     Australian Airline Pilots’ Association, Submission 9, p. 2.

[47]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 8.

[48]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Submission 2, p. 5.

[49]     Flight Attendants Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 10.1, p. 4.

[50]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 5.

[51]     Mr Ken Lewis, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 8.

[52]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 5.

[53]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Supplementary Submission 10.1, p. 1.

[54]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 21.

[55]     Ms Carol Locket, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 10.

[56]     Ms Carol Locket, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 10.

[57]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 6.

[58]     Mr Robert Wood, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 36.

[59]     Mr Stuart Aggs, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 41.

[60]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 11.

[61]     Steve Butcher, ‘Detox for airline accused’, The Age, 24 May 2011, p. 6.

[62]     Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 8, p. 2.

[63]     Virgin Australia, Submission 7, p. 9.

[64]     Ms Beverley Maunsell, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 18.

[65]     Air Accidents Investigation Branch, United Kingdom Department of Transport, ‘Report on the accident to Boeing 737-236, G-BGJL, at Manchester Airport on 22 August 1985’, Report No: 8/1988, 15 December 1988, p. 9.

[66]     Mr Greg Hood, Committee Hansard, 1 June 2011, Canberra, p. 8.

[67]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 4–5.

[68]     Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Supplementary Submission 5.1, p. 8.

[69]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, p. 5.

[70]     Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Submission 8, p. 2.

[71]     Mr Peter Robertson, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 57.

[72]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 9.

[73]     Qantas Group, Submission 4, p. 10.

[74]     Ms Carol Locket, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 8.

[75]     Transport Workers Union, Submission 11, p. 5.

[76]     Mr Tony Sheldon, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 7.

[77]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 6, 15.

[78]     Australian Airline Pilots Association, Submission 9, p. 4.

[79]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, pp. 4–5.

[80]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, pp. 8–9.

[81]     Ms Sophie O’Ferrall, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 42.

[82]     Cobham Aviation, Submission 3, p. 2.

[83]     Transport Workers Union, Submission 11, p. 4.

[84]     Mr Tony Sheldon, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 6.

[85]     Mr Tony Sheldon, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 8.

[86]     Mr Grant Smith, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 13.

[87]     Transport Workers Union, Submission 11, p. 4.

[88]     Mr Tony Sheldon, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2011, Canberra, p. 4.

[89]     Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 9–10.

[90]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 14.

[91]     Mr John McCormick, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2011, Sydney, p. 64.

Dissenting Report—Mr Paul Fletcher MP

[1] The question concerns aircraft with between 16 and 216 seats.

[2] CASA, Submission 5, p 12

[3] CASA, Submission 5, p 9

[4] CASA Supplementary Submission 5.1, pp 7-8

[5] CASA Supplementary Submission 5.1, pp 7-8

[6] Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 May 2011, p.57

[7] Chair’s Report, para 1.43

[8] Committee Hansard, Canberra, 25 May 2011, p.11

[9] Chair’s Report, para 1.71

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