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Yet the Regulator throws up their hands and says "wasnt me"...
THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says the grounding of the Northern Territory's biggest airline is not a result of an order by the regulator.
Hardy Aviation has confirmed it grounded all its flights on Saturday after CASA wrote to it on Friday about safety issues, which first emerged a week ago.
CASA spokesman Peter Gibson says "instrument rating" issues had been raised in relation to Hardy's chief pilot.
"We wrote to them yesterday about a range of issues and made a series of proposals," he told AAP.
Hardy had been given until Monday to respond to the letter, Mr Gibson said, but CASA had not moved to ground the airline.
"What happens next depends on what their response is," he said.
"If the whole airline is grounded, if that's the case, it must have been their (the airline's) decision."