CASA Overseas “Technical Wine Tasting” Back on the Agenda
When I became Chairman of CAA back in the ‘nineties, I was able to stop the complete misallocation of resources where CAA staff would head overseas to approve a runway for Qantas to take off from or approve the 747 so it would meet Australia’s highest aviation certification standards. I stopped all this and safety wasn’t affected at all.
I now understand “technical wine tastings” are coming in again. For example, I have heard that CASA forced one of the airlines to pay for CASA inspectors to go to Singapore to approve the simulators – over $200,000 was the cost. Has anyone heard of this? Why is such waste allowed?