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Last Update: Wednesday, July 23, 2003. 7:39am (AEST)
Pilots welcome CASA restructure
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has welcomed restructure plans for the Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA).
Federal Transport Minister John Anderson will abolish a special board of management which liases between CASA and the department.
Gary Gaunt from the pilots' association says the board was slowing the progress of regulatory reforms.
He says the next challenge is to address CASA's policing powers, which at the moment requires aircraft owners to prove their innocence when charges are brought.
"There has been some instances in the past and there still are where CASA have been the judge jury and executioner," he said.
"The Government have as part of their new structure between CASA and the Government putting in a whole series of checks and balances that'll remedy that but we still have a bit of work to do on all the individual regulations."
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Well done Gaunty