The Senator asked the CASA fellow something like, "These cadets joining Jetstar may have 300 hours and as little as 200 hours. Doesn't that worry you? The low level of experience?
CASA replied, "No, Its a only hand-eye coordination thing"
OMG. Don't tell me CASA have been sucked into this crap too?
It's a very sad state of affairs when asked an obvious safety question, CASA (the SAFETY REGULATOR IN AUSTRALIA) regurgitates the rhetoric of airline management's cost-cutting policy.
I used to have zero respect for CASA. But now I have even less... how does that work?