On the gear,
unfortunately i don't prescribe to your view.
From my experience a fair majority of CASA staff are fantastic, unfortunately there are a few that fall very far short of reasonable.
The CASA folk i have dealt with that have come from the industry, i.e. experienced GA and Airline pilots, are absolute assets to both CASA and the industry.
The minority that are lamented within these topics are not experienced from within the industry.
The new AM seems like a nice honest bloke with a very hard job, good luck to him.
Last edited by Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower; 31st Dec 2004 at 00:14.