Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
If CASA was to look at cost and not be forced to make safety the MOST IMPORTANT consideration there could be changes and GA could boom again.
CASA hasn't been a barrier to entry for all these large international training organisations. The rules might not be particularly stimulating for GA businesses in general, but it's still a level playing field and there's nothing stopping an Australian organisation (any more than an International one) from starting a large local flight school.
However, I can think of one recent opportunity for a large Australian aviation company to obtain a direct presence in local flight training that was disappointingly, but not unexpectedly outsourced to a foreign contractor.