And the great tragedy of all this is... 20 years of lost opportunities..thanks to the bloody minded, control freak bureaucratic bastards and manipulators in (non) Aviation House.
I still have a copy to read (and weep over)....
In April 1997 the Minister and the Board adopted the bold new COOP/ Classification of Operations Policy based on the FARs .
In the section regarding pvt ops was the now allowable..A private pilot, his "tool box" and his aircraft could operate a non passenger carrying business.
A plumber with pipes for sale, an electrician with his light bulbs for sale ...and jezzus wept ,even a photographer with his camera and his images for sale, would have been the go.
In 'Safety Digests' there were even change lists of what you were going to be able to do in this brave new world.
Over the next few years while they/ CAsA or whatever the fcuk they called themselves then,got their arses into gear all this slowly changed and the last vestiges faded off their screen after 5 years. AND IT NEVER HAPPENED.
Open Skies for None....well done the faarking 'Iron Ring' and attendant 'dead wood' !!
And its been downhill ever since. Doesnt say much for the Board either...no guts and go to drive it forward. Nice lunches and dosh tho.
Remember the ASRR ,(CAsA hopes you dont) with all those submissions and subsequent recommendations to be done by CAsA...all going the way of the COOP. Dead over time, with inaction and memory loss, with the Miniscule and pollies of the day long gone.
The aircraft cut out on the Caravan to Canberra read "VH-F*KD. CAsA did it."
How true. !
These days its all about bureaucratic wankery, Managers with titles you cant jump over,
"People and Culture",Stakeholder Engagement.and etc..
CAsA's the stake holder alright...driven right through the heart of GA