From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. (Napoleon).
The tales are legend Thorny; I won’t bore you with a long list or the incredible sums expended by operators who have ended up needing therapy; the chief pilots who have ‘gone postal’ and of many others gone 'barking', while trying to deal with CASA. The operator in NSW had a particularly bad time; I believe there was a huge bill (five figures) for unnecessary maintenance training, an extended delay related to acceptance of check lists and the final insult bearing the cost for an FOI type rating (which is story for another day), to end up with one of the most inutile, disingenuous, dangerous of that tribe brow beating an experienced chief pilot. And yet, just down the road a bit, life is peachy.
If there was ever a commission or inquiry made into the madness of doing business with CASA, the submissions would blow your socks off, further inquiry into the manner in which CASA operate would beggar belief. Perhaps there’s a solution right there, demonstrate the actual waste of time, money and resources; all pissed up the wall ‘satisfying' CASA. What a fell tale that would make.
Aye, but there’s the rub; to speak out is akin to setting fire to your feet in an attempt to keep your hands warm. Particularly for those who rely on the time honoured exemption, good will and approval system for survival. Wasn’t there a proposal 30 years ago to make a rule set which would eliminate the need for ‘exemption’, individual approval and dependence on remaining in favour with the powers that be? I wonder what ever happened to that notion.
Toot toot.
The tales are legend Thorny; I won’t bore you with a long list or the incredible sums expended by operators who have ended up needing therapy; the chief pilots who have ‘gone postal’ and of many others gone 'barking', while trying to deal with CASA. The operator in NSW had a particularly bad time; I believe there was a huge bill (five figures) for unnecessary maintenance training, an extended delay related to acceptance of check lists and the final insult bearing the cost for an FOI type rating (which is story for another day), to end up with one of the most inutile, disingenuous, dangerous of that tribe brow beating an experienced chief pilot. And yet, just down the road a bit, life is peachy.
If there was ever a commission or inquiry made into the madness of doing business with CASA, the submissions would blow your socks off, further inquiry into the manner in which CASA operate would beggar belief. Perhaps there’s a solution right there, demonstrate the actual waste of time, money and resources; all pissed up the wall ‘satisfying' CASA. What a fell tale that would make.
Aye, but there’s the rub; to speak out is akin to setting fire to your feet in an attempt to keep your hands warm. Particularly for those who rely on the time honoured exemption, good will and approval system for survival. Wasn’t there a proposal 30 years ago to make a rule set which would eliminate the need for ‘exemption’, individual approval and dependence on remaining in favour with the powers that be? I wonder what ever happened to that notion.
Toot toot.