Lead Sled
How about debating the debate rather than debating the person. If you really want to know what my "extraordinary sheltered aviation existence" looks like, I'll tell you. I've been in this industry 32 years, 14 years in GA in FNQ and PNG as a CP, CFI and an ATO, and 18 years working in the airline industry currently in role of a senior captain. I hold a Aus, HK and US ATPL and logged approximately 20k hours. Oh did I mention I'm also an aircraft owner? I'm very well aware of the Royal Commision into the then CAA and more recently the Senate enquiry into CASA and the ATSB. I'm not a fan of what CASA has become especially under a former colleague who was director of aviation safety, but that's not what I was discussing with Lead Balloon.