Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
But what's the safety purpose of providing a monopoly to one person (that includes corporate entity) to be the ASAO of a particular sector of aviation? I know that CASA pretends that limiting the number of ASAOs has some relevance to its religion 'the safety of air navigation', but that's like saying the number of AOCs should be limited.
Not really- all AOC holders are beholden to CASA. Having a delegate organisation basically makes them the "CASA" of that sector. Imagine the chaos if you could just start your own CASA, A regulator must have authority to regulate, including the ability to limit/discipline those that trangress. This is taken away if people can just shop for the authority they prefer.