Voltaire "The action taken by CasA provides that the applicant must pay to prove his stated previously satisfactory condition and clearly moves the burden of proof from the regulator to the pilot and fails to give the DAME the recommended freedoms to exercise his/her ability to renew aviation medical certificates. If the DAME recommends the pilot be further assessed it is his responsibility, not CasA’s."
CASA seem to have mastered this art, reverse onus. We say you are and you must prove us wrong...It's uncertain how many times Robin Speed (
RoLIA) and others, particularly in the USA have railed against the rule of the regulator, rather than that of law. We seem to have almost come to accept this, turning it into a 'normalised deviance'. In safety culture the identification of a normalised deviance is essential; much time, money and effort is spent identifying, correcting and educating industry in this matter; it is a true stealth killer.
Yet 'we' sit idly by, watching companies, jobs, careers, lives been flushed away while our basic rights and democratic principles are progressively eroded, in the name of a few who decide when, where and how the mystique of aviation safety may be applied; to achieve the right outcome.
The rule of law is an overarching principle which ensures that Australians are governed by laws which their elected representatives make and which reflect the rule of law. It requires that the laws are administered justly and fairly.’
- Robin Speed, RoLIA President
Tragic really in an independent sovereign nation. Yet the good ship CASA just sails on as we stand by, fluttering our handkerchiefs – "Full and By Mister Maggot". "Aye aye sir, full and by it is".
Toot toot.
Full and By. Said of a sailing vessel when all sails are drawing full and the course steered is as close to the wind as possible. Sometimes known as sailing by and large.