Halfman---
And the FAA has very clearly laid down standards for all its inspectors, the various handbooks are available on-line, and FAA do a more than reasonable job in training and standardizing inspectors.n
Just as important, FAA have quite high minimum experience requirements for employment as either a (their equivalent of) FOI or AWI.
Most of the "new" CASA inspectors I have recently come across are not within a bulls roar of the minimum FAA standards, quite apart from the lack of training and standardization ---- of which FAA made a point in its CASA audit some little time ago.
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