[thorn bird]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. For the past thirty odd years General aviation passed along that road and found hell is not only paved but roofed and walled with good intentions.

Whether Ms Spence was instrumental in the departure of one pair of intractable sociopaths or not is immaterial, even if she has good intentions, there is a snowballs chance in hades of any real change until all the hydra's heads are removed, she will need very heavy political top cover for that, the iron ring is very powerful and ruthless if their hegemony is threatened.

CASA and their regulations alone are not the only thing threatening the survival of general aviation, though as the arbiters of "Safety" they themselves have deliberately or negligently ignored the safety hazards being generated by the industrial developments occurring at Australia's secondary airports so must bear some culpability when the inevitable occurs.

Sorry for being so cynical, but we've heard many well intentioned statements so many times turned into paving stones, one can see a glimmer of hope, I wish Ms Spence well, but I'm not holding my breath.