Regulatory Capture
Of interest is the recent Strategic AOC audit conducted by CASA. The audit took 1 week to conduct and finished on a Friday. On the Saturday and Sunday following, not 12 hours later the members of the CASA audit team went sailing with the CEO of SA, all together on a CASA inspectors sloop. The involved CASA inspectors are also mates with the SA Chief Pilot. And, it gets worse, all this was done under the approval of the CASA Brisbane Field Office Manager.
So for those who do not think any links exist between CASA and SA, think again. The CASA Director and Board leave a lot to be desired when it comes to defining the line in the sand between operator and regulator.All this has taken place under the nose the government and is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to activities of the regulator. I think it may be time for a royal commission into the deplorable and immoral activities of a government department completely out of control and above the law.