And there was me thinking that the Renmark, Essendon and Lockhart River tragedies involved CPLs.
Because driving a car is seen as a right, and flying a plane is seen as a privilege. Yet both are just means of transport.
I don't think that's the reason.
Think it's actually a mixture of things.
First, it would be political suicide for any government that introduced mandatory periodic private driver re-testing or specialist training.
Secondly, the human mind plays tricks that have people believing that dying in an aircraft accident is horribly terrible but dying in a car accident is not. That's why even those in the 'industry' will call for ever-more regulation in response to aviation accidents (although it's almost always for more regulation of 'someone else').
Here's an idea: Let's call for a ban on the carriage of passengers in private operations.
Hopefully the lynch mob will be able to find some regulatory action taken by CASA against the pilot in the past, to "prove" what an irresponsible person he was.
