Too kind, you are Sunny....
capriciousness BORDERING on corruption, pettiness, vindictiveness.
Sorry, the border was crossed by many CAsA persons, many years ago, and since neither senior management would deal with them, or Depts of Transport do any governing /disciplining of their bastard child, the rot now goes right through to the top.
The list. And Im sure other folk can add some more....
Capriciousness.
Corruption
Cronyism
Pettiness
Vindictiveness
Dishonesty
Abuse of power
Misfeasance
Duress
Failure to abide by....
Model litigant obligations
Investigation processes
Compliance and Enforcement rules
Criminality
Defamatory imputation
Gross wastage of public monies
If ever there was an example of a "public service" agency morphing into a self serving Soviet, then this is it.
In the latest US AOPA mag 75th anniversary edition there is a prophesy made by a past AOPA president in 1973 which rings one helluva bell for OZ/us IOS
" I see on the horizon the destruction of GA, and it will be the fault of the Dept of Transport and the FAA."
Are we there yet?? Or is GA in Oz going to survive by a whisker.
CRUNCH TIME Warren.
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