I don't claim to be legal genius by any means, but how can an organisation, whose core business is to ensure the safety and compliance of the industry choose not to act when necessary, be anything but culpable in the event of an accident? (Ministers included in that)
Perhaps if this group (see link) get a bit of a following then pollies might start to listen:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/4...authority.html
But a lot of it comes down to (as Bill Hamilton said) the "Mystique of Aviation Safety" i.e. Fort Fumble just baffle the mob in charge with piles of steaming pony pooh.
Question: Wonder how many VOCAAs there are on pprune? That's when they start to take notice...when they run out of toes and fingers to count, "sheesh Tony jump in your superman suit mate, this lot have got more than ten members"....after all it's all about the boats..sorry votes!