Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
And ASAOs are not ‘beholden to CASA’? CASA just lets them do whatever they like?.
They allow them to regulate, train, oversee airworthiness,-It has to be with the CARs, but they have a lot of lattitude. For instance, saftey reporting and requlation withn gliding is pretty much totally in-house GFA unless there is injury. And that's a GOOD thing.
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Really? What are all of the pages of regulations in Part 149 about?
I said they regulate- I didn't sa they SET the regulations- CASA doesn't set the CAOs either, they enforce them.
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Are you sure ASAOs are a ‘delegate’ organisation? Sure? Even if they are, doesn’t the delegator have control over the delegatee?
Yes. What's your point?
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Don’t AOC holders have an ability to discipline/limit personnel that transgress?
No, not really. They can't suspend or cancel their licence. They can't even take employment action unless it confirms with employment law.
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
They don’t need any approval or delegation from CASA to do that.
Do what? Tell someone off and give them a paid holiday? That's about the extent of their authority. The GFA and APF on the other hand can make it ILLEAGAL for someone to continue to jump or fly a glider.
Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Only in Australian aviation could this make sense to some.
Well, in the case of the GFA it's work exceptionally well for decades. In the UK the similarly run BGA had to cede athority to EASA before Brexit, and ithad terrible consequences for British gliding.