I guess when people are killed using these services they'd at least want to have a look at it?
Doesn't seem to work for RA(Aus).
I haven't yet read it, but if it doesn't have a comparison of accident rates of " community flights" vs the other sectors of GA (which I don't think it does), then its just a bureaucratic whitewash and a grab for power.
The only fatality that I'm aware of relating to a "community flight" is the one at Horsham. There were NO recommendations made by the ATSB relating to the requirement for additional discipline or regulations for that type of flight.
There were criticisms of CASA's regulations surrounding NVMC flight - but nothing about the conduct of the sector.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4462266...-100_final.pdf
So, if the body empowered to investigate these accidents makes ZERO recommendations about additional regulations, then how is it that CASA can produce a scant document without any numerate analysis of accident rates and argue for increased regulation?
Surely this is just an ham fisted overt grab for power?