What is the industry to make of CASA's decision to delay the implementation of 48.1 until 01 May 2018, together with the requirement for an operator to submit their draft operations manual changes, or an application for a fatigue risk management system (FRMS), to CASA by 31 October 2017, whilst at the same time putting out a tender for an independent review of 48.1 - which CASA anticipates (no ****, that's the word they use...) will be complete in September 2017????? So, what are we supposed to do - come up with a plan to implement 48.1 or a full-blown FRMS (at great cost/effort) to discover that the independent review says, "Nah, 48.1 is no good..."
Honestly, WTF is supposed to be the take home message from this situation?