Greetings AN LAME, and likewise it's good to hear from you, although I am surprised you have been fairly quiet this time.
How have you been?
And again, the current regulations do not comply with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices - therefore they are deficient. I know you don't like to hear it but if Australia is a signatory to the Chicago Convention then it is obliged to comply with the regulations . At this point in time, CARs 1988 do not and hopefully we will be able to rectify this deficiency through the current reg rewrite - rather than enshrine it.
Indeed you are correct! However, because they are deficient in a few select areas, it does not mean the deficiency extends through to all of the regs. This deficency does not include wether LAME's must carry out pre-flights or not. May I suggest you read the ICAO report on their audit of Australia which was carried out in 1999. Nothing in there about it. (Although there are a few other interesting things in there)
Cheers Mate.
GTG!
