If that was the way CASA interpreted the act they would not allow lesser safety standard FAR 23 certified aircraft to provide scheduled services to country towns.
If they gave “ more weight” to safety considerations than the cost of air tickets they would mandate the safer FAR 25 standard.
Pretty simple really.
In practical terms you have got to ask “if safety is the most important consideration - then - it is clearly more important than cost”
But they only selectively comply with this.
The wording is flawed but is intentionally there to mislead and allow large amounts of money to be mis allocated
Last edited by Dick Smith; 4th Feb 2018 at 04:49.