Jingles old mate that is SOPs for the regulator and bureau these days...the word in bold says it all I'm afraid:
A ditching, Air-work category, jet, night time, in the ocean!
Unless you have big pockets or a roo on your tail, nothing of consequence in other words, then noone gives a rat's rear end!
Gobbles sums it up perfectly:
A tough regulator is not afraid to take the big boys on, head on, and not willing to allow its testicles to be squeezed by the Minister, Board and other lines of protection. This is your starting point to achieve a higher standard of safety in the industry. Every time one of the 'big guys' f*cks up CASA should be throwing a rope around the accountable persons neck in that airline and punish them in accordance with the civil aviation act. You only have to do it once and the indsutry CEO/COO rogues will quickly take their money and run for safer grounds. Until that starts to happen there will be absolutely no improvement in safety or minimisation of risk. It's time for CASA to stop playing hand puppets with farmhand chopper pilots and chasing operators who forget to tuck in their uniforms while on duty, it is time to asctually oversight safety.