I'd suggest this tactic has nothing to do with compensation, it will cost the CASA individual personally quite a sum to defend charges of malfeacence, which would puts a smile on the face of the individuals within GA that have had wrong done against them.
What will surely happen is that the upper echelons of CASA that have not acted thus far will be forced to act.
That is quite a devisive play that, i guess the operators involved must see it cheaper to attack the problem on their terms, as opposed to defending a show cause and loss of AOC due to a pilots licence not being signed or some other regulation that is made up on the day.
Someone has balls that clang !.