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The Aviation Safety Reporting System has a lot to commend it. Enabling the report of rule breaches to enable investigation with the knowledge of immunity, as the regulator regards the report as evidence of a "constructive safety attitude" and enables others to learn.

The issue with the SRA is an immediate confrontational policy. Beginning with an attitude that anyone reported to it must be in the wrong. Their investigations lead with threats of reprisals, instilling a deliberate culture of fear.

Many, not all, who breach rules, do not do so deliberately. Enabling self report with knowledge of immunity could encourage openness and greater clarity around the rules. The full rigour of the disciplinary process being reserved for those that behave dishonestly or deliberately.

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