One thing that fascinates me is the complete lack of knee jerk from CASA in response to the number of fatalities and near misses in commercial ballooning operations. There have been many over recent decades, but you don’t hear ‘boo’ from CASA or the ATSB about ‘upping’ commercial ballooning standards.
I’m not saying I’m advocating for an upping of commercial ballooning standards. I’m just wondering what’s so special about ballooning that each new fatality or near miss is apparently met with a regulatory ‘shrug’.