CASA was so busy tilting at the windmills of ageing aircraft and pilot medicals that they forgot that the most deadly thing a pilot has to deal with is their own skill. Now we are seeing an accident rate almost triple what it was in the early 2000s, why? because the regulator decided that old aircraft, CVD or ADHD were going to cause mass casualties, when in reality good old lack of knowledge keeps on doing it at an increasing rate. So far we're averaging 22 fatal prangs a year, with none of them down to CVD or ADHD, or even much to do with medicals or wings falling off. Most are age old problems that are defeated with proper training, stall awareness, weather awareness, not doing stupid things like practicing engine failures in multis in dangerous situations.
Oh but we threw tons of pages of MOS and regulations at training, oh well, I guess making things so complicated you spend half your time trying to understand what is required to do anything you forget how to actually fly....
PS, Just because CASA is not officially responsible for RAA is not an excuse. Whats the point of having an aviation regulator that somehow doesn't regulate a massive amount of aircraft that are bigger than drones (CASA regulated) and smaller than a Cessna (CASA regulated). CASA is responsible for it because they allowed it to happen, as a means of deflecting responsibility they didn't want.
Last edited by 43Inches; 28th January 2026 at 04:19.