Large scale Multi party action against CASA.
Large scale multi party action against CASA. (Class Action) or an application for public interest funding.
I am encouraged to start another thread to deal with a 100% positive PM feedback from a challenge I threw down in another thread. In it I simply stated instead of whinging about your individual complaints about CASA, do something about it.
I agreed to act to collate and have assessed the legal merits of the individual complaints and organise a firm of Lawyers as point of contact whereby individuals can register their complaints without publically compromising their PPRune identities.
This morning I have a telephone meeting with a large Legal Firm that specialises in this type of thing. I will be further guided by that meeting and post the results here. I should have the wording of the terms of reference for an overall complaint which hopefully will ring some bells and force future change as a consequence of such an action.
This thread is not the place for anecdotal discussions.
To put your mind at ease, a little about myself;
I have been in the aviation industry since 1965 and held elected and appointed positions that I applied myself to with no financial benefit simply to be part of any reform agenda that would make the Regulator foster and promote aviation instead of confronting and abusing it.
To this end many would call me a failure, but I was prepared to have a go.
I have a concluded matter against CASA which by it’s definition could be classed as a win. The thing is, after it was all over nothing changed. The cronyism continued such that the matter was never dealt with against the company that started the whole mess. A few CASA functionaries resigned, probably with a good handshake, and The Director of Aviation Safety offered a ‘lame duck” apology.
None of the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s recommendations appear to have been carried out. If anything it all appears to have got worse.
My case took years of effort and only maintained it’s impetus by the hard work of my Local Member and some dear personal friends. I had to force the issue with a pragmatic doublecross of my most excellent Member with a purposely leaked document to the Opposition who tabled it in The Senate during a CASA Estimates Hearing. In this document The Deputy Prime Minister accused CASA of destroying my evidence. This forced The Ministers intervention further, and an Act of Grace payment followed which probably paid for 30% of my losses.
If this post seems ungracious, I apologise, however the cash was paid by The Department of Finance, (the taxpayer), not CASA who never admitted liability even in the Director’s “apology”. This vindicates my ongoing stance. To myself anyway. I was not bound by any confidential agreements, and I have never signed one before or since.
Obviously I am well known and the CASA Lawyers won’t have far to go to find my identity. I don’t care. If they need it they can PM me and I’ll give it to them. They are good at shooting messengers, and I won’t be massaged by any of their spin.
To my friends (and enemies), this matter transgresses any personal involvements we have had in the past. I ask for your help as the majority of you are competent intelligent and passionate about aviation in Australia. If you can help, even a post of support to maintain the rage would be appreciated.
To those with closed or stale matters who believe they were dealt with perhaps at the expense of the rest of the aviation community, throw your hat in the ring.
Once this matter has legs of it’s own I’ll stand aside. My contribution will be for historical record only.
If this thread fizzles out, you only have yourself to blame. Encourage others.