COMPARE.....
CAsA has spent untold amounts of time and money flogging the UL pilot,( who lost his aircraft in the exploit to boot), into the ground. Bass Strait etc.
CAsA spent untold amounts of time and money doing a half-arsed "investigation" into the flying of, falsified MR etc, and damage to R 22 and subsequent false allegations made by the pilot/owner.
There were many serious breaches of the regs by this person..and what happened at the end of day. The subject damaged chopper..the evidence..was allowed to be 'parted out' and scattered. After all the engineering folk who had little or nothing to do with the case had been relieved of tens of thousand on legal dollars...NOTHING for the perp.
Not one charge !!
When asked why that was so the "investigator" (sic) stated...'dont you think he's been hurt enough, he lost this helicopter.' !!
Why was this so??
Mind boggling !!!!
A classic example of the monumentally stupid inconsistency of CAsAs "safety" approach.
And in reality... serious non-feasance/misfeasance by those CAsA persons involved, I'd posit.
Was it ever thus. And will continue to be so.