[Kharon]

A gentle whack at Mac...

I was tempted to kick off the post with “As the boot comes off the gas pedal” - but that ain't strictly true, is it. We seem to be heading toward even more voluminous  clouds of noxious, gassy words.



You know, you pick up the FAA flight bag sized volume of rules and can, very quickly get a definitive, legally supportable answer to whether you are 'legal' or not. There is no huge volume of explanation or torturous tomes of legal jargon to wade through. 

But, here in Australia we are blessed with all of the paper mountain – which most can struggle through and nut out the fine points of prohibitive law and can operate on the razor's edge of not being condemned to a criminal record – just. Help is at hand however; we now have booklets which seek to explain those rules. Is it just me, or; can anyone else see just how ridiculous this is? In the USA one book, quick reference – plain words – good to go. Here in Oz, the regulations are so complex that we need a 'plain English' guide to explain them – and you can get manifold different legal opinion on what they actually mean – before CASA begin to twist 'em to suit purpose (or personal preference). 

Now it seems McDonald has eased off the gas pedal; perhaps the statement made in the beginning could be modified -


“if they came back now and saw what we, the Senate Committees, have allowed to be done to our aviation industry, despite the protests of industry experts”.


We have heard for more than a year now the rhetoric – and what's changed? What changes are imminent? What steps toward legal sanity have been taken? The short answer is ZERO – no one has the balls or the brains to bring CASA back to ICAO compliance or operational sanity. Time for government to start 'governing' at put an end to this ever mounting pile of paper – before we drown in it.


Toot – toot...