I wouldn’t be surprised that a lot of the accidents and serious incidents these days, are directly related to the current skills shortage both in engineering and flight crew. Not blaming the operator, it’s the way the industry is these days.
I know it’s happening in the airlines, particularly the regionals and I’d expect it’s worse for the GA operators in the remote areas.
About time the state/territory and federal governments step up and do something positive to assist. Some of CASA’s decisions don’t help either, eg the restrictions with regards to Mabuiag and Darnley Island airstrips.