Dick,
I think most of us would 1000% agree with your statement:
Basically there is no one in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government who has any good in-depth knowledge of aviation. The Minister’s aviation adviser has no background in practical aviation and does not ask advice.
That is a real concern.
But Queenslander asked:
Here is a question, how close is the relationship between ATSB and CASA? What I mean is, do both parties take the word of the other as being correct and true without questioning the reply/answer.........
Your response to Queenslander's post included the statement:
We have had about a decade of no forward thinking policy being instigated.
I also think most of us would also 1000% agree with that statement.
So what do
you suggest should be done Dick to resolve the problems of a Minister who is being advised on aviation by someone who apparently has no background in practical aviation, and also the ongoing lack of forward-thinking [aviation] policy from the Government?