I read with interest that CASA proposes adopting FAA model rules for General Aviation maintenance.
This seems like a good idea until you go to their Consultation Portal and read their definition of GA.
How do we define general aviation?General aviation covers all flying activity carried out by VH registered aircraft other than charter and air transport operations. This includes flying training, mustering, firefighting and emergency service operations, search and rescue, aerial surveying and photography, towing, and private flying.
I am pretty certain that the vast majority of Charter operators consider themselves to be General Aviation.
What's the impact on the GA operator that uses their C172s and C182s and U206s for flight training AND for scenic flights?
...we either have duplicate aircraft, or have more expensive maintenance, and struggle to compete against Training-only operators.
Similarly the Fatigue rules were written as though GA operators live and work in isolated silos.
What a ******* mess.