If Byron had actually done that, root out the incompetents, CASA would be a different place.
Facts are however , the same faces appear, some on contract, and the Office of Legal Counsel is still the same bunch despite its leader getting his marching orders.
The machinations of the working bureacracy stifle any real change, CASA needs a real leader who understands the concept of unbundling bureacratic coverup and is prepared to make sweeping changes and bring in new "blood" who can understand how to apply effective regulation to a diverse and geographically spread Industry.
Public Safety must be the primary focus of the regulator, not nit picking audits on Engineers paper work, a great change would be to monitor the actual work being done, and maybe accept paperwork stained by oil from working hands.
Listen to the pilots and engineers who fly and maintain the fleet daily, apply the general wisdom and regulate for the safest outcome.
Remove the Office of Legal Counsel and concentrate legal work with Attourney Generals Dept and the Government Solicitor.