Without explicit performance signals built into the legislation or an obvious implicit set of signals to measure performance, all institutions will gravitate towards behavior that provides personal reward and bugger anyone else. Treasury and the justice system have oodles of implicit signals (e.g. inflation, growth rates, balance of payments, crime rates, etc). Their performance is always on display.
CASA has nothing in the way of performance measures except the nebulous one called "safety", therefore it should be no surprise that their performance is execrable.
I sold my aircraft and am well out of it. I wouldn't advise anyone to start an aviation career and certainly don't fly for recreation. It's just not worth it because CASA behavior makes it impossible to manage risk. - which means that it is not possible to manage returns.
To put that another way, CASA rules, regulations and behavior actually increase risk levels of participants in aviation in Australia and everyone in the industry knows why but can't say it in public.
CASA has nothing in the way of performance measures except the nebulous one called "safety", therefore it should be no surprise that their performance is execrable.
I sold my aircraft and am well out of it. I wouldn't advise anyone to start an aviation career and certainly don't fly for recreation. It's just not worth it because CASA behavior makes it impossible to manage risk. - which means that it is not possible to manage returns.
To put that another way, CASA rules, regulations and behavior actually increase risk levels of participants in aviation in Australia and everyone in the industry knows why but can't say it in public.