CASA FOI conflict of interest - or not?

[training wheels]

Originally Posted by 601

No. There is no requirement to use a STD. The CAO says "may be approved" CAO 40.2.1.9.2.

That's understood. But if you are using one to maintain currency, then the STD must meet certain requirements for it to be approved. That's what I meant.

[peuce]

And further more ....

How do you think I would feel about buying my brand new shiny thronomister from the Main Roads guy?

Do you think I would perhaps feel that my future dealing with him/them may be "strained" if I bought it from his competitor?

Rightly or wrongly, I would certainly feel some pressure to buy from him.

Would it be right, and proper, for the Main Roads Department to put me under that pressure?

To extend the metaphor .... pulled over by a boy in blue ... "Sir, your tyres are bald... and by the way, I have some nice new tyres in the patrol car that you can buy?

[Rojer Wilco]

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Do I win a prize?

Absolutley not. My (perhaps too) subtle point was that there's no requirement to have one.

Quote: peuce

To extend the metaphor .... pulled over by a boy in blue ... "Sir, your tyres are bald... and by the way, I have some nice new tyres in the patrol car that you can buy?

It's not even sort of the same. It's not like the FOI has found some contraversal non-compliance with an existing STD, and is trying to sell his wares under the guise that the purchase of his STD will remedy the non-compliance.

Take it on it's face value. An STD may improve your training environment, and the FOI knows where you can get one.

Get over it.