Think hard about the ease with which the safety of air navigation can be invoked to justify just about anything, safe in the knowledge that scared punters are always going to scream to be saved from any pilot with any hint of any physical or mental problem
Folks,
It's all called the "mystique of air safety", identified many years ago in the Lane Report, a a technique used by aviation bureaucrats to scare the living bejesus out of politicians, thereby justifying more/new/harsher "safety" regulation and more money.
The record must have been the day, during the Morris inquiry, when CASA produced 13 press releases (in one day) all calling for more money to solve non-existent air safety problems.
If you think Avmed is a problem, and Part 61 is an operational and financial disaster, you ain't seen nuttin' yet, wait till you see Parts 91/121/135. All the new restrictions simply ignore the Government policy on red rape reduction, and don't comply with the preamble to NPRMs, let alone the mandatory requirement of The Australian Government Guide to Regulation.
But ----- what are you all going to do about it?? Wait for "somebody else" to "do something"????
Tootle pip!!