Very much inclined to agree with Creamie and Sunny,
It would seem it is impossible to break the "iron Ring".
I wonder now how long it will be before the corruption becomes overt instead of covert.
Those on the bottom of the food chain at CAsA are largely excluded from the "Trough", very little dribbles down to the rank and file.
The victory of their upper management over the IOS must lead even the bottom of the pile to conclude they are invincible and invulnerable.
We may soon have to stock up on brown paper bags.
Given the ever increasing number of separate approvals required for various functions perhaps someone there could publish a clandestine price list to add to the CAsA fee, or even a percentage on top to cover the signature in the box.
Probably not a bad idea really, extra few bucks and get your medical on time, or that $5 million dollar investment off the ground and earning money instead of stuck in the back of the hangar waiting a couple of years for an inclusion on the AOC. What was the old term?? "Grease the wheels?"