Originally Posted by
Horatio Leafblower
Why on earth would the L/NP appoint someone to chair a board if they didn't know exactly where he would stand, or know that they could control him?
...and as others have pointed out, how much power do we think the board (and particularly, the Chairman) actually has over the operations of the (lack of) "Safety Authority"?
There was a period during which CASA had no Board - the provisions of the Civil Aviation Act dealing with the Board were simply repealed. Differences for the “safety” of air navigation and efficiency of the regulatory “reform” program during that period? Zilch.