As an example talk to the new 'CMT participants' and you will learn that it has already disintegrated at the seams. Inspectors not allowed to travel to conduct work 'live in the field' due to 'budget restraints'. They are being advised to regulate via a keyboard! As if that works? Heaps of cost cutting taking place with these funds used to fund the Skulls golden dream of a training center of excellence in Brisbane!
Surely the inspectors need to get out and oversight industry. Certainly the Auditor General in Canada believes so.
Auditor General raises red flag over Transport Canada’s oversight of aviation safety
While Transport Canada requires yearly inspections, 70 per cent of aviation companies in Canada were not inspected in 2010-2011, Auditor General Michael Ferguson
Canada News: Auditor General raises red flag over Transport Canada