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Old 18th Dec 2015, 19:44
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Sunfish
 
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The problem PeterC is that you are already a felon, you just haven't been charged or convicted yet.

CASA admitted as much when one of its senior legal persons declared pilots to be "uncaught criminals".

The situation arises because CASA regulations are deliberately written to be obtuse, contradictory and riddled with opportunities for selective, subjective, interpretation by CASA when it suits them in order to stitch you up, and the offences are criminal offences, not civil matters or misdemeanours.

….And there is little you can do to defend yourself because CASA has very, very deep pockets when if comes to legal fees, much deeper than your pockets can ever be.

I will guarantee you that a forensic examination of your flying career will demonstrate you have committed multiple felonies and that the only thing stopping CASA prosecuting you is a lack of self interest in seeing you removed from the industry.

There can be no meaningful, trusting relationship between industry and CASA, ever, in CASAs current form because its corporate structure dictates its corporate strategy.

There needs to be a total disconnect - separate organisations, between rule writing and enforcement for a start.
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