I'll try one more time.
According to my sources, the ICAO requires operational oversight. Mr. Holbrook from the Canadian Federal Pilots Association stated the following when he testified before the committee:
In the system that has delivered Canada's current high safety rate, inspectors were under the hood of companies they audited and inspected. We flew with the pilots. We were in the maintenance shops. We were in the flight operations centres. With SMS, we will no longer do regular audits and inspections. We will review SMS documents, SMS reports, and system structures only. Our focus is shifting from actual operations to paper and policy.
Would you care to comment on Mr. Holbrook's statement and can you tell me what the ICAO means by operational oversight?