Cromarty missed the bus entirely.
He failed to address the ludicrous, often not safety related costs imposed on general aviation, both regulatory (CASA) costs and operating (ASA and airport owner) costs.
And whilst he mentioned interstate competition from road vehicles - I don't remember too many GA operations between capital cities, prohibited then by the ANOs - he totally ignored rural and remote aviation services. The flying vet, flying mechanic, flying padre, postal and parcel services etc to small rural communities and remote pastoralists are all memories of a bygone era, as was the small aircraft maintenance organisations in many rural towns.
And having held a senior position in CASA, I wonder if he thinks northward of $500 million is good value for the never ending story of the Regulatory rewrite, this month celebrating it's 31st Anniversary? That "job to retirement" will be a further very large cost impost on and further depress general aviation.
Last edited by Torres; 4th Oct 2019 at 22:24.