Somehow this thread has drifted massively so in an attempt to get it back on some sort of track let me ask a question.
Should we go down the FAA route (a similar approach to our beloved enzed cousins) in the knowledge that much of the FAA approach has been advisory, or do we go down the European route which is more regulatory, which as we all know is deeply entrenched in our culture?
For my part the current rewrite is a farce that should be humanely put down and out of its misery. Commonwealth legislative drafting is a joke at the best of times, for proof just try reading the Social Security Act or
Taxation Act. I for one would rather the advisory route. I am sick to death of the "we are the government and we know better so do as we say" approach. We should be mature enough to make the right choices by now, especially in aviation where immature choices can have fatal results.
