Yes , article in the “Australian” was certainly poorly timed.
There are obviously staff in CASA that have the Director hoodwinked and have allowed their own narrow uninformed views to rule the day, disregarding the views of industry.
They also seem to lack the ability to write something that is easy for the reader to understand in yet another attempt to bend the results of industry preference to suit their own sheltered ideas!
One must remember that the change in 2013 was made within CASA with no justification, consultation or safety case and then those same officers fought tooth and nail for five years to try and justify their crap decision, and from Thursday’s email they are still there. God knows what this exercise cost?