Folks,
Interestingly, FAA is moving to provide industry delegates with Professional Indemnity cover , as CASA removes it.
Why?? Because FAA realizes that PI is becoming, or in some case, already is unaffordable, and FAA is smart enough to realize that lack of affordable PI cover drives experienced Check Airmen etc. out of the industry, something the industry cannot afford.
Is this why CASA is removing PI --- to get rid of ATOs etc., and make more work for CASA employees ---- not really, it is ideological, with CAAP Admin. 1 being viewed as an industry "subsidy".
In fact, it costs CASA nothing to extend the cover of its own employees to industry delegates --- established at Senate Estimates, this was even the case when CASA had to buy commercial policies, before Comcover took over CASA coverage.
This morning I was listening to Professor Alan Fells talking about ineffective anti-monopoly legislation in Australia.
He pointed out that, at the point in question, the US legislation was less than a page --- AND EFFECTIVE, the EEC legislation was one page --- AND EFFECTIVE.
The equivalent Australian legislation is seventy two (72) pages, and is INEFFECTIVE.
Canberra needs sorting out generally ---- this Government's anti-red tape drive hasn't scratched to surface, and has already stalled.
Maybe what we need is a couple of tactical nukes, "surgically" applied.
Tootle pip!!