Sat, Sep 10, 2005
And you thought that
the US' FAA was the only one holding their hand out?
Australia’s aviation industry is being urged to play a key
role in developing new cost recovery plans for the Civil Aviation
Safety Authority. Consistent with Federal Government policy, CASA
is adopting new funding guidelines which will see a phased
reduction in fuel excise from 2008 and no increase in funding from
government appropriations.
The guidelines also require CASA to have efficient and effective
financial management, self sustainability and a link between
funding and aviation industry activity. A strategy to meet these
guidelines has been developed which will see CASA move to the full
cost recovery for regulatory services provided to the aviation
industry.
According to CASA, revenue raised from regulatory services will
rise from the current level of $5 million a year to $20 million by
2008-09. The increase in cost recovery would mean fees for services
would make up 16 per cent of CASA’s revenue by 2008-09, with
the remaining 84 per cent coming from fuel excise and government
funding.
The aviation industry
is being asked to comment on a discussion paper which looks at
various options for cost recovery. The paper provides a set of
principles for cost recovery and proposals for raising revenue.
Proposals range from increasing the number of services CASA
charges for and raising the level of fees, to introducing a wider
range of registration and licensing fees with regular renewal
requirements.
CASA’s chief operating officer, Bruce Gemmell, says the
principles and options in the discussion paper are simply proposals
at this stage.
“CASA has not made any decisions on cost recovery at this
point and before we do make decisions we want input from the
aviation industry,” Mr Gemmell says.
“I encourage those involved in Australian aviation to read
the discussion paper and send in their comments and ideas.
“We have set up a special email address for feedback - costrecovery@casa.gov.au”
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