Originally Posted by
Sunfish
A Qantas pilot acquaintance says much the same : “CASA turns up, we tell them bull****, they go away happy and none the wiser”.
This is essentially the gist of the opening post (I believe); the dumbing down of the public service & loss of specialist staff.
I have seen it for myself over 10 years in an unrelated area. Where does the government now get current, best advice? Consultants. Often they are ex-employees of the very same agency...