Frank careful or you maybe labelled as one of...
"a very small group within the industry which has long-standing grievances with CASA over past regulatory action"... although I'd say judging by the general responses on here to threads like this one and the Senate thread, which has had over a quarter of a million hits, that the DAS may have to sack his statitician and cut the bonuses to his industry moles.
The above quote comes from written QON 15 from the AQONs for the Senate hearing 15/02/2013, see here:
Information Privacy and Data Protection
15. Following your previous appearance, there was widespread industry feedback that “CASA clearly plays the man and not the ball”. Given that the ATSB is proposing to give CASA unlimited access to mandatory reports made by the industry, what effect do you think this perception of CASA’s approach to enforcement will have on the quality and quantity of incident reporting?
CASA is not seeking unlimited access to mandatory reports made by the industry, as stated above.
CASA also does not accept that the view ‘CASA clearly plays the man and not the ball’ is either true or widespread among the majority of the Australian aviation industry. There is a very small group within the industry which has long-standing grievances with CASA over past regulatory action, and who are quick to come to the fore in Inquiries like the current one with criticisms of this kind.
CASA does not consider their views to be representative of the responsible sections of the Australian aviation industry. CASA is confident that any reporting arrangement made with the ATSB will have the appropriate protections in place and will enhance Australian aviation’s already strong safety culture.
There's some serious tautological undertones in that answer from the DAS!
Cheers Frank