Eagle,
My point was to illustrate why the process can be sped up by CASA. J* may be the owners of the maint control manual but, if anything like AO, it is merely a document that points you back to the QF system of maint (as they are the people doing the work in an already proven system - CASA kinda likes that idea.
The MCM is really only a peice of paper that CASA approves it is the reliability of your operation they really want to see before they issue extended range authorities.
If everyone got over their long haul, short haul, J*, QF ego's you would see that if it was your train set, you would take the good from whatever sets you had if it made playing more fun. So although the execs hate mail line, they do like some parts of what we do, they just won't admit it.
At the end of the day they are just planes going from A to B and this is just a delaying tactic with a lot of un-founded points in the media release.
Everyone needs a job and some may be sitting on shakier ground than others hence the nervousness about the approval - do you think AIPIA is concerned about saftey or trying to put a temporary spanner in the works for J* - what will that ultimately achieve?