There is now enough info on the table to suggest that ASA have no real plan or strategy at all on this Class E proposal and certainly no justifiable reason for such a plan - either plan A or B.
The ASA CEO made clear at the Senate committee that no decision had been made and this is now obvious as the initial time-line for the change can no longer be met. (yet ASA continue to be silent on this aspect) Quoting the incident at Ballina and the accident at Mangalore asks even more questions as the E proposal would not have prevented either. It is now clear that ASA have lost many of their experienced staff as such a poor plan would not have seen the light of day a decade or so ago. Over the past few years it was obvious that ASA was backing out of the RAPACs and this is now evident as they obviously want to do their own thing with consultation when CASA have clearly said that all such proposals must be tabled to AvSEF.
Both industry and the OAR need to see the safety case prior to any possible movement on the proposal and possible subsequent approval. To date this is Zero, so at this time it is really going nowhere!