Administrative processes are not about findings of ‘guilt’ or ‘innocence’. They are about findings of compliance or non-compliance with standards.
Creampuff, this sounds quite logical. But nowhere in the AAT decision can I see any hint of a reference that the members scrutinised the CASA process. It seems more like they passed judgment on JQ himself:
line 66:
As we hope we have made plain we are satisfied that Mr Quadrio did fail in his duty. He did so,
But, this is a sidetrack. We'll watch what happens. A happy ending would be CASA letting this pilot off and JQ then getting fresh breath to use that to tackle FF again.