CASA was told by Miniscule Albaneses office a couple of years ago that there would be no more '$89 million gifts' and any future monies that CASA required above their normal annual funding would have to come from service charges. It seems we are now entering that phase. My prediction is that the next impost on our already ailing industry will be the CAA model of the Regulator charging a fee to conduct it's annual audits of your AOC/COA. No doubt this will kick GA fair and squarely in the nuts once more. This way CASA can recoup some of their expenses outlaid, plus there will be a little left over in the kitty for Montreal junkets, pot plants and taxi fares, not to mention all that money that needs repaying to the taxpayer every time that an Inspectors corporate credit card 'accidentally' pays for a large screen TV or Gold Coast holiday when they walk past a Pay Wave machine
I would suggest that CASA start holding fetes, selling fairy floss from stalls set up alongside airport landing/takeoff viewing areas, selling bags of worm castings at The Circuit Brisbane, or perhaps selling autographed CASA caps and reflective vests?