Kremin I'd have to agree. I was listening to some CASA dude on the radio last week sprouting to the listeners about how they can sleep at night knowing that pilots and other aviation related workers will be drug and alcohol tested. Airlines were happy to go along with this as it takes the onus off them and really we are talking about a very small number of offenders. On the other hand, they have known about fatigue related issues in this industry ever since Orvill and Wilbur had a crack yet they choose to take a very placid approach because the airlines know how much it will hurt them financially and tell CASA to back off.
Make no mistake about it, the majors airlines in the country have run tests to see how it will affect them and they dont like it.
I mean the trucking industry has tighter regs than us.