haven't you seen enough of real world aviation to realise that in the minds of the
Clueless
Aerosols
screwing
Aviation the reality never matters.
merely the paperwork.
In short: The regulator's interactions with the operators were pointless.
in a world where you have people incompetent of the engineering running the place it is the thickness of the report that matters, the amount of money you were paid while generating it is crucial, never ever the reality.
we have in australia a truly corrupt system.