Kharon:
For the potted story, we'll call the protagonist Vic and our antagonist FOI. Once upon a time, Vic rocks up to work one bright sunny morning, FOI is paying a visit along with some other suits and ties. Anyway – eventually, Vic leaves the building and toddles off home. FOI waves Vic bye bye from the doorway, all good. A short time later, FOI buttonholes the chief pilot, confirms that Vic has, indeed gone home; much later, just before leaving FOI speaks to the CP of 'grave concerns'; seems Vic appeared 'scruffy', glassy eyed and smelled of last evenings intake to the FOI. "We'll call him back" says the CP "we have a DAMP officer on site". The offer was declined, "no, don't worry about it" says FOI.
Back in the lair the tale is relayed by FOI to a management type, who gleefully files it away to incubate for nearly four months. Meanwhile, Vic is happily operating through the period in blissful ignorance, until 'the letter' arrives (by ordinary post) cancelling his medical certificate against complaints received from FOI and his 'mate'. Imagine, suddenly grounded, guilty of alcoholism until proven innocent; full battery of psychiatric, forensic, medical and pathological tests to be conducted by a rarefied specialist 'professor' (cost a bomb). Turns out Vic was deemed clean as a whistle, never had, never did; nor, was likely to be in the future a 'drinking man'. The expert prof's report was not complimentary of the enshrined CASA system by the way. All good, no sir. The management type insisted that two more years of quarterly blood tests were required. Clear evidence, expert opinion and unimpeachable witnesses, all unimportant. All this was achieved by the use of selected parts of various manuals, policy and what ever else could be made to fit.
Is this a recent case and is there any proof that this actually occurred? Two years of cancelled medical on the whim of an FOI without a shred of evidence?
If it is then the only sane option is to avoid any engagement with CASA beyond the absolute minimum.