Has CASA lost the plot? ... never bloody had it.
The majority of the inmates are non-events from the industry who really didn't make it.
They get into CASA and have any semblance of sanity removed in their mentoring and training and become negativites protecting themselves from any reprecussions that might eventuate from a decision they make.
Type specialists and the like ... Ha! what a joke. The crook ones I've heard about are amazing; their knowlege of their specialisation is legendary in its stupidity. They get so entrenched in their electron microscopic view of their field that they have no idea of what the hell they're doing. TOO much time to read and re-read the books and come up with their own interpretation of every paragraph so they're safe.
The good ones are GOOD but sadly few and far between.
Nothing's changed. DCA were a bit better, but 'no' was the usual answer to any query and like these engineering licenses; what was the good of a second class instrument rating to a pilot.