CASA's new three-group structure will enable the regulator to reform the way it deals with the aviation community, according to Director of Aviation Safety Mark Skidmore.
In his CASA Briefing Newsletter for May, Skidmore said the three new groups - Aviation, Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability - were created specifically to handle the needs of the aviation industry.
"These changes set the platform for developing and implementing a range of reforms to CASA that will fundamentally alter the way the organisation delivers its safety regulation responsibilities," Skidmore said. "Our new structure has been carefully developed to better align CASA’s activities with our responsibilities to the aviation community.
"Importantly, it will build stronger and more effective internal relationships ..."
The restructure has so far seen several senior managers leave CASA, and three new group managers brought on board.
In the same newsletter, Skidmore also announced that Johnathon Aleck would head up a branch known as Legal Affairs, Regulatory Policy and International Strategy, which is charged with making sure principles in the regulatory philosophy are applied in practice.