I like it how you are able to swing from realistic sceptic to wide-eyed Pollyanna with little effort, Sunfish. "I hope." "I would like to think."
CASA isn't a company trying to make a profit. CASA doesn't exist for or to help the aviation industry. CASA exists to save the public from the aviation industry. CASA couldn't care less about its reputation in the aviation industry, other than to pay lip service.
Why on Earth would any member of the CASA Board want to make stressful or embarrassing work out of Board meetings? Mutual back-slapping is far more relaxing.
Are you able to identify a single Commonwealth statutory authority where the Board has sacked the CEO? Ever in history.