Who benefited from the Forsyth Review?
It’s now 7 years since the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (Forsyth Review).
It made a number of recommendations and I’m wondering if anyone has any views in relation to who benefited (in the airline sector or general aviation) from the recommendations and the action that was taken – or not taken.
My presentation to the Forsyth Review was in relation to the Civil Aviation Act, particularly how the phrase “CASA must regard the safety of air navigation as the most important consideration” results in the industry being destroyed. It is simply not possible in all cases to put the interests of safety in front of cost.
It is needless to say that none of my submission found its way into the Forsyth Review.
David Forsyth later mentioned to me that he was told by the Department that he was not to look at “the economic side of aviation” and he considered my views impinged on that restriction.