Mr. Evan Cullen:

I will outline the basis of the graded penalties. We have members in the IAA. They are pilots. It frustrates them when they see non-compliance. They tell the operator that there is non-compliance and the operator says the non-compliance is not of a sufficient magnitude or degree that would justify the grounding of the airline. The frustration of the inspector is that he cannot justify grounding the airline and the non-compliance, therefore, continues. Just like with the Central Bank, the regulator will say it cannot stop the airline from operating but it will fine it for the non-compliance and for the duration of that non-compliance. That is what this amendment does.

It has already been introduced and it is already there as a fixed penalty but that is a different standard to this graduated penalty.