hey K,
When you said:
But then for some strange reason FF put their 2 bobs worth in:
did you mean that CASA somehow forced the ATSB to put in that little plug for the new CAO 48.1?
It didn't seem to be particularly out of place as ATSB commentary, although they, consistent with their best Pel-air efforts, did not comment on the reduced rest provision that CASA put in there after dumping any restrictions on the following duty!
Oh, and in regard to:
Lesson learnt and job well done...
that accolade falls into the same class as commending Pel-air's cleanup - and that class is: "oops, sprung, quick - add some numbers and write some new rules"...