Plankie
I do agree CASA will require strict training etc and I hope that is what will happen, and from some schools I expect it to be on par with a good GA school. there is no reason why not. All in all it should work.
The problem lies in a group of folk who just blast off regardless. That is very hard to control and educate. Nobody officially knows who they may be! This is the same as those who know of folk out west who would fly in to town, park at the pub, have 3 or 4 beers, fly back to the homestead, buzz the house and someone would turn on the car/tractor headlights so they could land. GA has had its fair share. And some became worm fodder for their efforts.
Just another example has come to mind. Nobody will officially come out and say this, but discussions I have been around suggest many others think the same way with respect to Transponders and ADSB. They dont want big brother watching over them. And the story goes on about skirting around CTA steps......or perhaps being 1000' into them.....but undetected. I am not saying that they go deliberately blasting thru CTA and on 126.7...... but it happens, and mostly through the lack of navigating and planning around CTA. If there are any ATC's watching from BRIS/SYD/MEL Radar, I would be interested to hear what they think they see.
J
Disclaimer: I am not ANTI RAA..... Just the % of cowboys needs reducing.