What may yet put the cat among the pigeons is Part 135 which is supposed to do away with the distinction between low-capacity RPT and charter.
PLovett,
It won't be the Part 145 maintenance that CASR Part 135 will require, that will put small "charter" operators out of business, it will be Part 135 itself.
If you bother to acquaint yourself with the detail, the minimum aerodrome standards, alone, will eliminate a large proportion of the operations conducted by light singles and twins.
Not to mention the requirements for valid forecasts and NOTAMs.
Again a whole new bunch of restrictions, with accompanying STRICT LIABILITY criminal offenses, characterized by a complete CASA refusal to demonstrate the risk, which is alleged is mitigated by the regulation, let alone cost/benefit justify the regulations, as ( I get tired of saying ) required by long standing Government policy, not to mention Red Tape Reduction programs, OBPR etc.
All to "harmonise" with what CASA imagine EASA "rules" would be like, if EASA has "rules" for GA public transport. And "CASA" have a very vivid imagination, like most producers of the "Horror" genre.
The whole GA sector has been asleep as this has happened. Will you be able to hear the screams of $$$ pain in Canberra, when this hits the law books??
Tootle