Spot on T28D, spot on -
CASA don't stop at the simple and effective control of those who break the rules, the mendatious nature of the whole place has fostered a culture of way out behaviour that baffles the general legal profession who do not see other agencies behaving in the same way as CASA.
CASA hides behind the fact that civil courts and the AAT do not ever rule against them once the "Blood on the ground" argument is trotted out.
It is not logic and support of the "rules" that CASA relies on, more like supposition, suggestion and outright distortion of the facts.
For the General Industry nobody will support errant behaviour and on balance the Industry is self reliant and compliant.
As for the other nupty's on this thread more or less making out that CASA exists for the good of aviation and safety you are sort of correct because that is what they are meant to do, it is how they go about it that proves they are incapble of doing the task they are meant to do.
If you actually believe they are effecient at bringing about safety you are living in denial.
The CASA charter is risk management by way of protecting the fare paying public first. How is that achieved when they spend millions and hundreds of manpower hours chasing helicopter pilots who tow skiiers? Am I saying that act was perfectly safe and within the bounds of aviation safety? NO. And I am NOT defending the chopper pilot. What I am saying is that priority oversight, based on risk ranking should be given to the big end of town who are carrying the bulk of fare paying public, CASA say that themselves, but it is obvious with the accidents that have occurred since the 90's, the current state of the big end of town and CASA's inability to complete the most basic of tasks, AT ALL, that chasing chopper pilots as a priority is a backwards sense of thinking. If you understand safety and regulations then you will understand what some of us are saying. By some posters own admissions they have never had to deal with the regulator so how can they critisize those of us who have been unjustly dealt with? Very naieve indeed.