[thorn bird]

Why not elect board members?

These Autonomous government corporations love calling the industry "Stake Holders" which is pretty much what the industry has become, everyone holding a stake waiting for an opportunity to stick it in their hearts.

To my feeble mind Stake holder is akin to shareholder, do not shareholders of corporations elect their board?

CAsA and ASA are after all allegedly corporation's and monopolies with no oversight of their performance by anyone who understands the "Mystic of safety" or airspace management.

CAsA alone has pissed away half a billion dollars on reg. reform which doesn't work, destroyed their "Brand" and decimated their customer base. In a real corporation heads would roll, in CAsA they get promoted.

Much the same has occurred within ASA with dodgy expense accounts and suspected nepotism in the engagement of consultants. An all new "One Sky" warm and fuzzy traffic management plan more about managing senior managers bonuses than anything Aeronautical.

The Murky Mandarin gets the "Captains Pick" for the entire boards, as well as the CEO's.
I imagine Murky's brief to both is "Protect the minister at all costs and under no account actually "direct" anything, thats my job".

The industry perceives the board as a bunch of political appointees with their noses in the trough doing absolutely nothing but fill out their super funds.

The public is blissfully unaware that their money is being fraudulently wasted as long there's no 30,000 Feet death plunges or Mount Erebus events.

If the industry elected the boards, from a list of suitable candidates, maybe a start could be made on true reform and these warm and fuzzy press releases by CAsA and ASA could actually start to be factual.