The damn wall definitely has a crack in it.
“taken a more collaborative approach in working through these issues with you earlier than we did.”
I think that is a lie.
I would be asking “what collaborative approach” are you referring to?
Ms Spence is trying to limit the damage which is evident to anyone with knowledge of the basic facts.
At any rate such admission, shockingly late admission, is welcome, but only the beginning of the start. Will she be able to find the courage to deal with this horrendous miscarriage of justice and begin to restore some semblance of respect for CASA?
Hope springs eternal but at least a legal challenge must surely have more legs with Ms. Spence’s admission.
CASA may think it has an academic point about the chain of responsibility as an excuse for its devastating reversal but in real life there was nothing in APTA’s model that was fundamentally wrong in practice.
Then look at the flying schools in the USA where individual instructors can teach flying either solely or in business groups without Part 141 or 142 approvals.
Never forget the big picture of CASA’s control freak mentality and the colossal damage it’s done to General Aviation in Australia. Damage that has implications for our aviation strength as a Nation including our readiness from a security point of view because aerial mobility is a crucial factor in the defence of Australia.