Why do you assume it was meant as a dig at the CAA? Even the wording of the post made no reference to SACAA. It was merely in answer to Dendronite's post. If you had what it takes to understand the response in context, you wouldn't go off half cocked.
As for subscribing to the highest standards, their record in the last few years may not stand up to scrutiny in that regard. Whether things have changed for the better remains to be seen. We live in hope.