Originally Posted by
Wizofoz
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.
I said they regulate- I didn't sa they SET the regulations- CASA doesn't set the CAOs either, they enforce them.
Yes. What's your point?
No, not really. They can't suspend or cancel their licence. They can't even take employment action unless it confirms with employment law.
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.
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.
So it’s beyond the wit and wisdom of Australians to create another organisation with same or better competence than the e.g. the GFA and have it run concurrently with the GFA? It would be raining aluminium or fibreglass?