Creamie,
We don’t investigate to lay blame. ATSB auto-forwards your reports to CASA, so that CASA can lay blame after consulting with ATSB.
As much as I love your perspicacity
, the Pel-Air inquiry told us two variations to your theme:
1. The ATSB is so frightened of the potential of being accused of laying blame that they do not investigate fully, thus avoiding the possibility of discovering something untoward, the mere exposure of which could be construed as "laying blame"; and
2. CASA showed an unerring ability to singularly lay the blame on the pilot in command without consultation with the ATSB, perhaps even withholding information that might undermine that singularity.
And I so look forward to your sanity and consistency in participating in these debates...
