involved in writing/researching the 1:36 proposal (2000) and getting it passed, the main argument which then was accepted by CASA appears to be serious research done by cranfield university.a lady professor and her teams are the leading authorities on emergency evacuation on commercial aircrafts. They have written and researched a number of cases on evacuation in emergency situations on a variety of aircrafts.
that in the meantime
VB and QF and otheres got excemptions appears to be a lack of regulatory oversight/controls/lobbying by cabin crew unions. its going to be very hard to change a precedent.
