The good news is that they’re going to try putting someone competent and qualified in charge of regulatory development, to see if that works:
CASA
LEGAL SERVICES GROUP
Manager Regulatory Development
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manage and co-ordinate CASA’s regulatory development process…
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Qualifications
Applicants will be expected to hold tertiary qualifications in law or equivalent qualifications …
Will be very interesting to see who’ll be prepared to ignore the stench of dead cat, in return for the “competitive 6 figure remuneration package”.
The bad news is that the shimmering mirage of finalisation just moved a little further away in the desert of regulatory ‘reform’. At least a few weeks, and probably months, to work out who’s going to take on the job of resuscitating the dead cat, at least another few months for the new appointee to conduct a review to work out how dead the cat really is, and at least another few months to work out a strategy for spiriting the carcass into someone else’s ‘in’ tray.
Meanwhile, the CEO of CASA has said that CASA is “not that far away” from completing a “review” of Part 91. New “draft” rules for maintenance “should” be completed by year-end and new draft rules for operations “should” be completed by “early” 2006.
Keep trudging lads – I can see water just over the next sand dune!