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Dick Smith is leading from the front again – ADS again, which led to CASA comment again, which brings out the Casamites; all quite amusing.  

Pinched this from the UP – LS - always worth reading:

Folks,

The bigger problem with Part 61/141/142 is complying at all, at any cost, and the ongoing costs of keeping licenses current under the "new system" is horrifying.

CASA must be forced to comply with its own manuals and mandatory Government policy, including genuine cost/benefit analysis at the beginning -- and this need amendment to S.9A of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 to make it really stick. By the time you get to a RIS it is too late.

Tootle pip!

We hear there is to be a letter despatched (if not posted already) to all FOI stating categorically, it is not industry's fault that 61 is becoming a national disaster and 'we' are to get assistance rather than show cause for non compliance.  The alarming thing is that 'the letter' seems to indicate that 61, as writ, is here to stay – Gods help us.

The top floor, full dress meeting, scheduled for this week is one small window for change.  Let us all pray, to whatever pagan gods amuse best, that with the imminent departure of a very large obstacle to 61 being thrown out, good sense and reason will prevail.  Just ring NZ borrow theirs; Nigeria would help; PNG would help; Fiji would help.  Hells bells, my Grandmamma could write a better rule set than the pathetic crew who cobbled the existing ego fantasy, promising the world and delivering an atlas.  

Breathless with anticipation the crowd awaits Terry's departure.  Amen to that....