Where was he then and what was he doing?
Folks,
That is a very good question, I wonder when all the claimed shortcomings at RAA happened -- in the short time between him quitting and turning up at CASA, or on his watch.
The RAA has been much criticized, some of it justified, but much of the problems over certification of certain aircraft is a result of CASA changing the rules of the game, after the game is over, with a number of historic certification agreements being ignored, and effectively aircraft judged by current rules. That is a bit of an over simplification, but you get the drift.
If you did that (demanded compliance with current certification rules) to GA aircraft, it would ground most of the fleet. Only the GA 8 and a few recent types would survive. The great majority of Cessna, Piper and Beech would disappear from the skies.
Tootle pip!!