The results of fraud and humbug.
Quoting Sunfish:- “There is thus no way that potential investors in Australian aviation can manage regulatory risk and they will act accordingly.”
It’s blindingly clear that this true because in two ways they have, and are, already acting in the manner described.
Firstly, the dearth of new General Aviation businesses is the more noticeable by those that have gone out of business, and Government’s deliberate airport policy of favouring non aviation uses compounds the disincentive to invest in GA.
Secondly, for those who are still picking over the bones of GA, some have developed the means to survive. Rather like the first hominid to make a spear was foiled by the maker of a shield.
As an added thought to the main topic of this thread, the CASA objection to operational control via the APTA model seems to completely overlook the stringencies and legal compulsion of its own colossal suite of criminal sanctions for even the most minor deviation from its practically impossible concept of GA training perfection, while it ignores the growing thousands learning to fly under RAAUS. This is extreme humbug, perpetrating a fraud on all of us.
All the arguments of CASA are really specious, and the Hanton advice about the meeting with the Ombudsman is beyond a polite response. The degradation of what is supposed to be the Public Service is patently obvious. They are in it for themselves, at our our expense, and against the National interest.