Warren had to go because of his poor performance: End of Story !!!
VARA has blead heaps of $ with alot of poor recruiting + the 457 disasters.
V have recognised / reacting to this & are trying to keep CASA at bay.
Ummmm.... Yeah, I don't think so. While SkyWest weren't exactly the smartest operator on the airfield, I don't think you could have 18 years of poor performance as a CP and then suddenly get found out. I don't know the guy, but I don't think 'poor performance' is the entire story. 18 years though? 'bout time for a new face anyway.
And you make it sound as if VA suddenly realised things were getting out of hand and wanted to do things by the book - and tell CASA just for the sake of it. That'd be a first! An AOC self-referring without an NCN! (or whatever they're called this week). Now THAT'S crazy talk!