Let me throw a few statements in before someone throws a pile of dirt towards the Regulator.
Any community gets what its prepared to demand, be that a high standard of living, a safe environment to live in, or other benefits....in other words if they collectively decide to fix their problem any troublemakers will find it hard to survive.
It’s not a policing problem; it’s a community [Industry] problem.
We the Industry can if we wish make it impossible for these rogue operators to function...absolutely impossible.
But we are just as bad as we have always been at addressing the problems, and we find it easier just place it on the regulator to solve the problem for us.
For this [cheating / murdering] to happen there has to be complicity, from an operator and the pilot. Normally these pilots are long term bush pilots wish a financial incentive to push the limits…..remember it’s a long time since new pilots have started there careers in mustering.
If we were prepared, or the government compelled us to show our books for audit, including Taxation, salary, bank accounts, salary slips, income verses expenditure, then these guys would be caught out very quickly. But as there is complicity within that small group, then we all know that won’t happen.
Let those that ever buy a 47, 22 or 300 be very very aware of its history……