Folks,
For those of you who seem to be skeptical because of the Munro name, look beyond the name, look at what is being said, for goodness sake, there is nothing in it for him.
If it passes, he will never be subject to any of the draconian powers.
Bad legislation is bad legislation, and this Government is becoming the undisputed all time champion producer of bad legislation, and it is not confined to the aviation field.
Trite but true:
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
ATSB does not need the power potentially conferred by this legislation to be a good ATSB.
What ATSB really needs is to be taken out of the DoTRS completely, and become a creature of the Parliament, in the same form as the NTSB in the US.
Only then will it’s activities be as insulated from the political problems and pressures of Government, as it is possible to be, in the real world.
Tootle pip!!