Ok, since nobody has picked up on it- the point of my somewhat sarcastic remark about dogs on the flight deck was that we professional aviators have suffered through many knee jerk reactions by the legislators over time to achieve nothing more than window dressing. Think Howards gun laws after Port Arthur/drug testing after Hamilton Island/Security after 911etc etc.I don't know how we change it but I fear with social media, the pressure on legislators to be seen to act quickly in the 24hr news cycle, we are going to see more of this BS of greasy pole climbing prosecutors jumping the gun ahead of the investigative analysis.
Rant over