Sunfish,
several posts back I explained the situation re this statement made by the now Head of Legals at CAsA in what should be considered a Court of Law (AAT) as Perjury applies.
Van De Wiel and Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2006] AATA 207 (7 March 2006)
whilst reminded by the "judge" E. Fice that he was under oath, Adam Anastasi, stated that
CASA DO NOT hold files on pilots
. When prompted later he admitted that CASA do hold medical files on pilots. This later admission, not readily volunteered, probably exonerated him from perjury in the eyes of the AAT. It still did not confirm the existence of operational files.
The AIP does not state that the ARN is used for pilot files, no matter how logical this would be. This is the very intent in the writing of the regs. make them so only lawyers can understand and manipulate them.
Empty Skies are safe skies