you're missing the plot aren't you?
aviation regulations are all about trying to achieve a safe working environment.
where does criminality come into it?
The regulatory side needs to be stripped from CASA.. Make them work as enforcers of the law.
you've really got it wrong there.
if the aviation laws are all about codifying a safe approach to flying where do you get off with all this nonsense?
if you take off in an aircraft without a maintenance release it is 2 years in prison.
this is typical of the utter tosh masquerading as australian law.
a maintenance release won't keep you safe. if you think it will you are a dill with limited experience.
haven't you ever experienced an "administrative annual" resulting in a maintenance release that has no basis in fact?
the previous is only one example of the tosh in the regulations.
the regs occupy so many pages because they are full of bull****.
you can believe all this CAsA crap as much as you like ...but it will not keep you safe.