So let’s say we set the standard so that a student pilot can conduct AFs.
Run me through the actual costs and actual benefits of setting the standard there.
Let’s say we set the standard at ATPL/RPT AOC to conduct AFs.
Run me through the actual costs and actual benefits of setting the standard there.
If there is no reliable cost benefit data and analysis, setting the standard is merely someone’s arse pluck (and if CASA’s making the decision, it will always be an arse pluck).
We (probably safely) assume that if the standard is set ‘higher’, there will be fewer accident and incidents. But that’s the easy bit. Even CASA can make that assumption. The hard bit is measuring the opportunity costs of moving the standard ‘higher’ and deciding whether it’s a cost worth paying or not. CASA’s not competent to make those measurements or decisions.