The only thing politicians really care about is getting re-elected. Whatever it takes.
The only thing CAsA cares about is itself. "Safety" is just a scam for a Bureaucratic Soviet Empire.
As the most costly "self-licking ice cream" with its endless reviews, brown papers, hearings and floods of noxious regs, it can snow-job the politicians forever because of "safety" "safety" "safety" at any cost to the GA industry.
Anything can be done in the name of "safety"....and it is.
All too keep the power of Fort Fumble intact...whatever it takes.
Very, VERY depressing.
Perhaps we the aviation people /AOPA bus n all, need to have a mass protest outside aviation house Carmody cant send a plod to arrest us all..as tried with an industry 'burr' in the coffee shop ( !) ,in the recent past.
A MASS Caravan to Cantberra.? Placards at the front door... CAsA hates bad
PR.
And some serious advertising in the National media before the next election.