Originally Posted by
Safeware
Regardless of the current 'state of the nation', I can't see that the CAA / EASA are going to step in and say 'Now hold a minute boys,.....'. Or that ACAS is going to say 'Actually, we need to surrender this'. Bit of a political A-bomb don't you think?
sw
Yup. The real dilemma wouldn't be CAA dealing with things as airframes, engines or avionics and the like - the real crunch would come with weapons. Who in CAA deals with them????
On the other side of this coin, the problem is it wouldn't be a case of ACAS surrendering but of CAA enacting its legal rights under the Air Navigation and other Acts. I think that's what caused everyone to step back from the brink in the early 90s.
And supposing CAA didn't step in when it should have, and a problem occurs - in this litigous age, what then I wonder?
I think I'll go back to dreamland now where it's warm and safe and I don't have to worry about such things.