SAFA Skysailor Magazine

47 SUMMER 2025 | December-January-February SKY SAILOR Now for the AIRS reports. When we look at these, I will present the numbers by certain aspects or perspectives. Firstly, let’s look at the total picture. Table 2: AIRS reports – past 5 years State/Region FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total O/S or not reported 1 3 4 ACT 1 1 3 4 9 NSW 44 27 46 74 43 234 SA & NT 2 1 3 4 2 12 QLD/N 7 2 3 2 3 17 QLD/S 11 14 24 35 25 109 TAS 14 8 15 14 8 59 VIC 37 41 53 44 41 216 WA 3 6 5 9 11 34 Total 120 100 149 185 140 694 AIRS reports are broken down into accidents and incidents: Table 3: AIRS reports, accidents – past 5 years State FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total O/S or not reported 1 2 3 ACT 1 1 1 4 7 NSW 25 16 17 18 20 96 SA & NT 2 1 3 4 2 12 QLD/N 3 2 1 2 8 QLD/S 6 8 15 20 17 66 TAS 7 4 7 3 3 24 VIC 18 23 30 28 22 121 WA 2 5 4 5 5 21 Total 65 58 78 80 77 358 Table 4: AIRS reports, incidents – past 5 years State FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total O/S or not reported 1 1 2 ACT 2 2 NSW 19 11 19 24 10 83 SA & NT QLD/N 4 2 1 1 1 9 QLD/S 5 6 8 13 6 38 TAS 7 4 7 11 3 32 VIC 19 18 23 15 18 93 WA 1 1 3 4 9 Total 55 41 59 69 43 267 In past years, AIRS was used to record Complaints. This no longer happens; we have the Complaint Management System (CMS) to fulfill that function. Table 5: AIRS reports, complaints or not recorded – past 5 years State FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total O/S or not reported ACT NSW 10 32 13 55 SA & NT QLD/N QLD/S 1 2 2 5 TAS 1 2 3 VIC 1 1 2 WA 1 1 2 4 Total 1 12 36 20 69 Mt Elliot, Corryong, VIC Photo: Phil Kirkman