Dick, et El,
One does not have to examine the numbers, but of course they help when fighting the system (Govt) or seeking public support.
What we as an industry should be doing, and I am sure you are capable of putting forward the case, is that we should be examining what the root cause of these problems might be?
Do we have a govt that understands aviation... Not at all
Do we have a govt that supports the aviation industry.... NO
Do we have too many rules? Certainly YES
Why? To keep public servants employed...?
Are they written with the involvement of industry experts? Mostly not I believe. (And casa certainly don't have a monopoly on experts)
Who is involved in writing all these rules that we really don't need? And are they ALL subject to a safety analysis and any sort of costing?
Answer that and we might be close to the root cause?
Hint: another govt dept
If there is no safety benefit and it costs us even a $1 more, then it should be trashed!
This is not only part 61, and transponders/ADSB etc, but airworthiness who seem to be intent on killing what is left of the GA fleet.
Dick, as you have done in the past, you need to surround yourself with a team of industry experts and come up with a fix that cannot be ignored.
