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Submission 22 (RLC) 

Via the RRAT 20/20 inquiry webpage: 

22 Mr Robert Cassidy (PDF 416 KB)  Attachment 1 (PDF 92280 KB) 

My sincerest recommendation to the Senate Committee, is to completely dismantle C.A.S.A., from top to bottom and discard the entire suite of Civil Aviation Regulations, Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, and Civil Aviation Orders and C.A.S.A.’s ridiculous way of regulating the Aviation industry, would be a good place to start. By squeezing the pedantic, wrap everyone in cotton-wool rules and regulations into the Federal Aviation Administration numbering system, as C.A.S.A. endeavors to achieve, is not the answer. The U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations are simple and practical. They should be adopted, completely, and wherever Federal Aviation Administration appears, change it to Civil Aviation Safety Authority and replace U.S. with Australia. 

You should know that I had applied to C.A.S.A. to become the CEO and Director of Aviation Safety, when the position was advertised, but a career bureaucrat and the Acting CEO/DAS was the preferred choice. Does he even know how to fly? I do.

Hmm..same hymn sheet again and I reckon Thorny and Sandy could relate to this...

Let us consider the following: To purchase a set of Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) and

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR) would cost $169.95 and to purchase a set of
Civil Aviation Orders (CAO) would cost $99.95 and for the Airman’s Information
Publication it would cost $69.95 + $99.00 for a 12 month revision service. Or, $438.85
for all, including 3 three-ring A4 binders. By comparison, the U.S. Federal Aviation
Regulations combined with the Airman’s Information Manual in one book would cost 
$17.95 (USD). Does a more voluminous and ridiculously expensive set of Aviation

Regulations make it any safer? Or, do you think for Operators and Pilots to understand
the CASA Regulations and try to apply them in every day practical ways, would make it
less safe? I would bet on the latter. I believe C.A.S.A. has failed its mandate, under Civil
Aviation Regulation Act 1988, Section 9.

MTF...P2