Everyone said that about Uber and cars... “unqualified” drivers and standard vehicles belonging to private owners. The federal government didn’t fight against it...
CASA will have to throw a lot of money at it to stop it. If Uber has a lot of cash it will be hard to stop them.
However this move by Uber actually undermines CASA's authority and ability to regulate. That will never be allowed, ever. Just have a look at the whole Glen Buckley saga. That was a similar move to franchise out an AOC and move control from CASA to another authority. CASA won't stand for it.
The other issue for CASA is if Uber are allowed to do what they did in cars then it opens the door in aviation for everybody else to do it. Now I think that would be amazing for the industry and will be a massive economic boom for GA, however CASA do not want to be in that situation where they lose control of regulating the industry. So it is never ever ever ever going to happen. Ever. At any cost.
Cars and Planes are regulated in a totally different manner. Just look at the CAR 206. A tradie can drive around in a van all day long with all manner of equipment and supplies in the back. The same tradie jumps in an aeroplane he needs to get an AOC.