Dick,,
Having read the article, my comment is: If that is the case, why have we had so many inquiries, up to and including Royal Commissions, into CASA or its predecessors.
In my opinion, the bureaucratic hands clamped around the throat of Australian aviation (not just GA) is the major reason aviation as an industrial sector has never achieved its potential.
Indeed, this is bureaucratic obstruction is true of many industries in Australia, but the bureaucratic exploitation of "The Mystique of Air Safety" as a weapon has been particularly disastrous for Australian aviation.
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