Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
snip). A call for more regulations is the same way wrong as the call for more enforcement. We do have sufficient regulations and laws to deal with such issues.
We should not give our current self elected oppressors even more power.
We do not need more ramp checks, we already have the needed knowledge ourselves.
(Snip)
Anybody getting aware of those breaches of regulations simply has to call the police or other authorities to deal with it, immediately the moment it happens, not after damage is done. With enforcement we give our power out of our hands, we depersonalize our accountability and hand it over to somebody we don't know what they do with it in the end.
i can’t see what the issue is with more ramp checks, if the legislation is sufficient, then surely more ramp checks will enable that legislation to be enforced. Im Not sure what you mean by dealing with it ourselves, if you mean talking to a ‘grey operator’ what power do ‘you/we’ have to prevent the operation taking place? If current law isn’t being enforced by the authorities, any discussions with an operator are likely to be unproductive. If the regulators raise the profile with thorough ramp inspections, and subsequent enforcement/prosecutions for transgressions, surely that’s the way forward. I know some of our local UK police, their resources are already stretched to a microscopic thin blue line. They’re highly unlikely to be able to provide an adequate response and investigation to a call regarding a grey charter. The CAA have the legal instruments to really tackle this issue, but they need to take effective action.