How much better would it be if they just sacked the lot of them, swallowed our pride and admit we couldnt create a viable set of reg's to save our souls?
I believe the reg's themselves have created "this them and us" angst, destroyed the partnership between regulator and regulated with the common goal of safety, affordable safety.
What if we asked the Kiwi's if they'd mind awfully if we used theirs, largely because they are proven and seem to work?
Re-employ quality people to take up the reins then let everyone get on with it.
They say we are unique, therefore comparison between us and other countries just dosnt work, but they never say why, or how come other countries achieve much better safety outcomes than us without the burden of a myriad of regulation that nobody understands.
We decided or rather our regulator decided to follow the European model instead of the model of the country where by and large most of the worlds aircraft are built and operated MUCH SAFER THAN HERE.
A look at Europe today and the mess its in could be a harbinger of where their regs are going. A trawl through European industry media publications would indicate growing unhappiness in the ranks.
Was Europe such a good idea?