Plovett,
The short answer to your post is that the Act can be amended, and the Act is in serious need of amendment.
Sunfish,
AOPA was at its most effective when it had enough influence to take CASA head on --- it only took a couple of dis-allowance motions to get CASA's attention.
You really should review the whole history of how Parts 21-35 went in place, despite the tactics of the middle ranks of CASA --- the "iron ring".
It will be interesting to see what the present AOPA has to say about the discussion papers out right now re. smaller aircraft maintenance ---- in short, the proposals are like nothing in any other country, an a disaster in the making for the light end of aviation.
To quote one of the CASA proponents of the "new" maintenance rules: "There should only be two kinds of aviation, airlines and military", ---- and that is not second hand, I was there when that statement was made ---likewise, his offsider's quote: "My job is to ground aeroplanes".
Right now, within certain elements of CASA, it is "conventional wisdom" that the Act does not require aviation to continue to exist, so any adverse results of "rules" to "minimise accidents and incidence" (S.9A) are not their problem.
Tootle pip!!
Last edited by LeadSled; 10th Mar 2013 at 13:53.