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"Skidmore said the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review, and the government’s response to the 37 recommendations, had set a clear agenda for CASA to follow in 2015 and the years ahead and was a key priority."

It really is hard to believe, they are asking for responses and having yet more meetings all over and talking as above "clear agenda....and the years ahead".

There is no real action, no reprieve, LAMES leaving the industry in droves, pilots not renewing their medicals, aircraft values have sunk to half or worse, airport encroachment proceeds unchecked. This is not "in years ahead ", this is now. The Board of CASA should take control now, not asking its bureaucrats nicely "please change your culture", but should instruct them to implement our reforms immediately. 

I've added a couple of extra demands and they should be coupled with reforms for maintenance personnel. 

The only hope for GA is action. These demands to be met before any cooperation:-

1. Suspend and replace Part 61 with simple rules immediately (you say propose urgent amendments, that will take years).
2. Take immediate steps to repeal criminal sanctions on the majority of the rules, and remove the strict liability provisions.
3. Allow individual instructors to teach, as in USA, without our super expensive AOC system.
4. Reduce the Private Pilot medical to the fitness level to drive a car, like US legislation and good enough for RAAus good enough for the rest of us. There is no safety case for AVMED examinations or to micro manage our health.
5. Everywhere in the regs substitute "rights" where now it says "privileges". We need to progress from the patronising medieval notion that government confers legitimacy to any activity only if allowed by the elite. Is it a privilege to drive your car, tractor or bicycle?

If the picture was clouded before it is certainly plain now, CASA has been getting away with bloody minded murder since they became 'independent'. 

No more chit chat, glad handing or submissions from us. Do not turn up to meetings with CASA, why waste your time and give them any legitimacy? We need to bombard our MPs and demand action. 

Hitchen - back from OS - is somewhat in agreement but not entirely - The Last Minute Hitch: 30 October 2015:

..More calls from TAAAF this week to speed up reforms at CASA. In my last editorial in the November-December print issue, I hinted that slow change was better than no change, and I am standing by that position. However, that doesn't mean we should be painting the lifeboats first before launching them. CASA does need to get some exemptions in place soonest to relieve the industry of some soul-crushing burdens, and DAS Skidmore did point out in his response to TAAAF that he hasn't exactly been sitting on his hands. I applaud TAAAF's call to amend and exempt parts of CASR Part 61 rather than scream for total execution as some industry groups are doing. CASRs are legislation enacted by parliament and the DAS can't reverse them without the consent of the very same parliament. Proverbially, that will take some time, which the industry is pointing out it doesn't have an abundance of. Exemptions are our lifeboats, after that Part 61 should be beaten into a new shape until it starts to look more reasonable...

MTF...P2