Well done Paul, for your new web site and the article
Publish and be Damned – Case Study
Posted on
March 26, 2013 by
Paul Phelan
This example is a complex one which details more than one apparent abuse. The most serious of these was the decision to ground a commercial charter operator based on ten unsubstantiated allegations, and then to publish the allegations on the CASA website.
Although it may be claimed that analysing a 13-year-old event is pointless, readers are reminded that the patterns of regulatory conduct we record are all too familiar in more recent events, as are the identities of some of the CASA employees who are still with the regulator.
The background for these types of issues in the publicly available material has been brought together in one place. The material is growing day-by-day as more material comes to light.
Much material comes from Senate Inquiries or by competent trawling of available aviation sources:
Assistance to the Aviation Industry Involving problems with the Regulator