Why not allow the industry to self police itself and rename casa the caaa (civil Aviation Administration Authority).
If yesterday was anything to go by the Senators will hopefully see that the whole management of safety at all levels within the industry is lacking and impose an emergency bill requiring an immediate increase to the hours to 1500 until such time that it can be sorted out. I believe it is this type of scenario that prompted the U.S to try and play it safe.
If cadet schemes produce better quality multi crew pilots then let's restrict the amount an airline can charge a cadet for their training to 60,000 dollars with a guaranteed job (bonded for remainder of training costs) and see how popular the cadet programmes are then.
On the whole the evidence received yesterday was tainted by those seeking to protect the commercial interests of their organization instead of focussing on what is best for the Australian aviation industry in terms of safety.
Last edited by The Kelpie; 25th Feb 2011 at 22:38.