Sounds like the Yeend who was involved in Flight Standards in the old Department.
Read "Two Years in the Aviation Hall of Doom" to get a background on his abilities and results.
He predicted (among other things) that the savings gained by removing full position reporting for VFR and removing the AFIZ's would come at a great cost to safety.
Eighteen years later it is clear that he was wrong- safety has improved.
I am proud to be criticised by such a cargo cultist!
Imagine the state of our industry now if the $100 million PA had not been saved- $1.8 Billion of extra costs would have caused even more damage- if that was possible!
The Edwards thesis is inaccurate rubbish - it clearly shows how bad our institutes of learning are these days. For instance the industry did not "clamour" for the user pays CAA to be set up. Just the opposite.
I will ask again - why has the OAR directed AsA to move to class D- especially if it is going to have the consequences that you and others describe?
Love to hear your conspiracy theories!