The ‘biggest’ decision any government has made in about a decade about the governance of CASA, was the reinstatement of the CASA Board. Has anyone noticed one iota of difference in outcomes between CASA having a Board and CASA not having a Board?
Creamie,
You and I know that the Civil Aviation Act 1988 severely limits any intervention by the Board (or Minister) v. the power of the CEO, in much of CASA's activities.
Thank you, Malcolm Frazer, in one of his many aviation related naive and short sighted decisions, with which we have been living ever since.
Smart ministers can make a difference, I rate Kim Beazley, John Sharp and Mark Vaile in that category, of recent ministers with a responsibility for civil aviation. Warren Truss held out against the bureaucratic tide to ensure risk management was enshrined in the Airspace Act 2007, a concept missing from the Civil Aviation Act.
Tootle pip!!