Bizpax
Very interested to hear that CASA has a code of conduct/ethics.
As a concerned passenger, suggest you read "Murder of an Airline" and the lack of ethics used by CASA to selectively shut down Ansett.
You might also read some of the transcripts of AAT hearings and also parliamentary reports on dishonesty by CASA.
If there is a code of conduct no one seems to be aware of it.
Perhaps you could expound on this.
As a concerned passenger you might also read some of the threads on LCC's.
We have ignored the safety problems that resulted in multiple fatalities following the deregulation of carriers in the US.
QF1 Bangkok had undertones of the influence of cost cutting without proper impact analysis.
There appears to be emerging trends driven by $39 fares that will eventually come home to roost.
These are, as you suggest, the proper hunting grounds for CASA, not hounding established and compliant operators
while some less compliant operators benefit from the inappropiate diversion of resources away from them.
To a lay person, CASA is doing a great job. To those directly interfacing with them,
they understand that there is room for serious improvement and it is starting to happen.
The decline of the regulator in NZ, and it's subsequent rebirthing into a functioning body also make good study.
I suspect that BB may have observed their mistakes in their decline,
and learned from the culture change that brought them back into line with their mandated tasks.
Cultural change is always difficult, and always resisted.
Sometimes the only solution is "High Velocity Culture Change" and there is a published manifesto for achieving that.
Somehow I suspect that you are not a lay person and may have a deeper understanding of Civil Aviation.