Originally Posted by
Sunfish
CASA have enough money for Mahindra to close the factory here and take all work overseas.
My guess is that is what will happen, much to the relief of CASA, because it then removes any accountability for continuing oversight of Gippsaero.
To put that another way, CASA doesn’t have a mandate to foster, or to at least not destroy, Australian businesses. The simplest method for CASA to fulfill the “safe aircraft” part of their “safety” mandate is to prevent aircraft from being built here.
My guess is that CASA will hit Gipps with audits and extremely expensive or impossible demands.
And the last thing CASA would want to be seen doing is potentially aiding and abetting GA to navigate the compliance minefield. The FAA just got a belting for getting too friendly and complacent with Boeing, and CASA won't make the same mistake.