'Casa to cut red tape'
Yes CASA was pressured the timing in relation to Qantas Lufthansatech maintenace deal (and apparently signed off on before the LAME Qantas EB) is just a bit coincidental.
The worrying lines in the release are:
The recognised nations are Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
It is expected the list of recognised nations will grow as CASA continues to make more assessments.
A. Why is unilateral recognition and not 'mutual recognition' as per the Trans TAs (does anyone know do we have this already?)
How does this help our guys if its unilateral ?
B. What happens to our mutual recognition arrangements with 3rd countries - I assume by lowering our standards we could be further disadvantaging our LAME
3. Who are the next countries on the list?
Does anyone know whats gone on behind the scemes ? Whose been consulted? .. can we find out what other countries are going to be recognised nest ?