But. Is there 'a' case to answer?
Glen_B. “On other matters and on high-level advice, I will also be proceeding with a case of negligent misstatement/ misfeasance and malfeasance against CASA for the significant commercial damage inflicted on my business, and several other businesses and individuals as part of this process.”
The short answer is no. To view the Buckley matter in isolation i.e. 'a' (singular) aberration will not prevent future cases or analyse past cases, where, in some instances, the damage enforced has been in excess of even the horrors inflicted on Buckley.
The infamous 'Pel-Air' ditching off Norfolk Island which was the subject of not only a Senate Inquiry but an ASSR review, costing many millions of dollars, should have seen the fundamental changes demanded embraced and enforced on the regulator. That inquiry, standing alone, should have prevented the 'standard' CASA tactics being used against Buckley.
I say 'standard' as the method and madness used has not changed in over two decades. Buckley is not an isolated case; indeed, he is but one of many who have had 'the treatment'. Sen McDonald mentions that some submissions 'would make your hair curl'. I wonder what would happen if every operator and individual with a substantiated grievance stepped up and told their tale of woe. Tales of businesses destroyed, individuals hounded, careers destroyed; all play things to the CASA conscience.
The truly sinister side to this is the very real fear engendered; 'go along to get along' – or else. Everyone knows what 'or else' means. Smile, and breathe a sigh of relief when CASA have left the building; do not get on the 'wrong side' of even the clerk in the pencil sharpening cupboard; no matter how preposterous, expensive or potentially lethal the edicts are. Strict liability and a criminal record for even minor infringements are always the first and foremost thought; and CASA can whip up a case out of nothing - and drive it home with almost manic malice. Few have survived the onslaught,
This is not some whimsy of my imagination. Should the next Senate Inquiry genuinely want to get the aviation industry back to a thriving, productive major revenue and job producing state – Buckley, and all who went before him need to be heard – clearly and properly.
IMO, failure to examine this 'unspoken' element – to whit, 'Embuggerance' renders the current and future 'inquiry' nugatory – and inevitably risible. Solution – in camera – come one, come all; the truth will set the industry free; provided the politicians have the sand to grasp the nettle.
"True it is Philautus that he which toucheth ye nettle tenderly, is soonest stoung."
Aye well; one can but try -
Toot – toot.
Glen_B. “On other matters and on high-level advice, I will also be proceeding with a case of negligent misstatement/ misfeasance and malfeasance against CASA for the significant commercial damage inflicted on my business, and several other businesses and individuals as part of this process.”
The short answer is no. To view the Buckley matter in isolation i.e. 'a' (singular) aberration will not prevent future cases or analyse past cases, where, in some instances, the damage enforced has been in excess of even the horrors inflicted on Buckley.
The infamous 'Pel-Air' ditching off Norfolk Island which was the subject of not only a Senate Inquiry but an ASSR review, costing many millions of dollars, should have seen the fundamental changes demanded embraced and enforced on the regulator. That inquiry, standing alone, should have prevented the 'standard' CASA tactics being used against Buckley.
I say 'standard' as the method and madness used has not changed in over two decades. Buckley is not an isolated case; indeed, he is but one of many who have had 'the treatment'. Sen McDonald mentions that some submissions 'would make your hair curl'. I wonder what would happen if every operator and individual with a substantiated grievance stepped up and told their tale of woe. Tales of businesses destroyed, individuals hounded, careers destroyed; all play things to the CASA conscience.
The truly sinister side to this is the very real fear engendered; 'go along to get along' – or else. Everyone knows what 'or else' means. Smile, and breathe a sigh of relief when CASA have left the building; do not get on the 'wrong side' of even the clerk in the pencil sharpening cupboard; no matter how preposterous, expensive or potentially lethal the edicts are. Strict liability and a criminal record for even minor infringements are always the first and foremost thought; and CASA can whip up a case out of nothing - and drive it home with almost manic malice. Few have survived the onslaught,
This is not some whimsy of my imagination. Should the next Senate Inquiry genuinely want to get the aviation industry back to a thriving, productive major revenue and job producing state – Buckley, and all who went before him need to be heard – clearly and properly.
IMO, failure to examine this 'unspoken' element – to whit, 'Embuggerance' renders the current and future 'inquiry' nugatory – and inevitably risible. Solution – in camera – come one, come all; the truth will set the industry free; provided the politicians have the sand to grasp the nettle.
"True it is Philautus that he which toucheth ye nettle tenderly, is soonest stoung."
Aye well; one can but try -
Toot – toot.