(11-28-2022, 04:30 PM)Kharon Wrote: What then, is 'Folly'.? - Part II
To some, it is:-
“A costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.”
Having defined what the building is – we need look no further than the Canberra edifice which houses our aviation “safety watchdogs” for example; - but wait, there's more. One has to wonder if living isolated from the real world, in 'a folly' does not induce some form external exhibition of the essence of 'folly': that of the political human side of the word?
“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.”
Seems Master Morgan of the AOPA has managed to provoke a response from not only the inutile DOIT but also from the leader of the CASA Fool-Aide club. Oh dear, oh dear: Oh deary me.
Well done Ben and AOPA – they took the time to not only read out, on face-book, those responses; then rather than curling up into a ball – Morgan took to the task of responding with not only gusto; but hard facts, logic and the opinion of most of the aviation world. It ain't just the locals who despair – there is some genuinely large international eye brows raised.
That will now be compounded; they should never, ever taken the bait and have responded to Morgan – talk about taking a knife to a gunfight – Holy smoke; there is real folly in responding, because now the gloves are off and it is a street fight, in the open, in public. It will take very little more bluff, bull-shit and bluster from Spence and crew to take the lid off the can of worms CASA have been trying to keep a lid on for years and years. The Genie of fact, supported by evidence, errors and mismanagement and possibly even malfeasance can very easily escape the bottle.
There are always two options in any bar room brawl; don't bite: say nothing and walk away or, take you jacket off – given the time of course. (Never happened in any brawl I engaged in by the way).
Watch and listen as Morgan fights his corner _ _ HERE _ _ on Facebook (no log in) just toggle the video – and stock up on the popcorn.
“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.”
Toot – toot – (unlike Sydney ferries; the houseboat is always ready to roll).
Via FB:
Quote:RESPONDING TO CASA DAS PIP SPENCE,
CASA IS FAILING GA ON MEDICAL REFORM
AOPA Australia CEO, Benjamin Morgan, responds to a letter from CASA DAS Pip Spence.
Link to the previous video:
https://fb.watch/h01WZhhX28/?mibextid=qC1gEa
Comments in reply:
Ian Tucker
· 22:42
Thanks Ben for your continued advocacy.
The TWG is obviously stacked with people who have vested interest in maintaining the status quo so will delay the process as long as possible then come up with some cock & bull reason why medical reform cannot be implemented in Australia despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Geoff Breust
· 0:02
Ben…thanks for your continued efforts. While I don’t believe the Federal Labor Government will do anything in this space because of their alignment with the public servants and won’t want to see any job losses (although those who would be affected could transfer to regulate the medical requirements for drones…drones, not their operators) I can’t wait until the Federal Integrity / Corruption body is put in place and we put a reference in to it…to me this is very plainly corruption in it’s almost purest form….
Mark Newton
· 17:54
Spence's assertion that CASA has always sought to maintain a good relationship with AOPA really highlights the ground-up failure of the "Regulatory Philosophy" they hyped a few years ago.
https://www.casa.gov.au/about-us/who-we-...d3amxdhE6c
Principle 1: "CASA is committed to maintaining the trust and respect of the aviation community" only works if they had trust and respect in the first place, but they've spent decades undermining it and haven't bothered to put in the hard work necessary to rebuild it.
Starting from such a low baseline, simply aiming to "maintain" trust and respect isn't good enough.
The aviation community has been crystal clear about what behaviors they expect to see in relation to trust and respect.
Writing thin-skinned letters to whine about the criticism they earn by being belligerently wrong is not one of those behaviors.
Don't be mad, CASA. Be better.
Julia Su
· 34:22
Thank you for your continued advocacy on behalf of many of us who've been sidelined out of aviation due to the unreasonable burden CASA Avmed has placed on us, both mentally and financially. Case in point, the following is what an individual in my small aviation circle is subjected to at each medical renewal: By doing the right thing and declaring a tiny neurological anomaly which was picked up by accident years before acquiring their PPL, Avmed now insists on a specialist neurologist examination and report be conducted at huge expense to the individual - easily in excess of $1k (not to mention significant lost income due to time off work for the privilege of attending unnecessary medical appointments). The specialist shakes their head at every appointment in disbelief with what CASA is asking, given that half the population have the same condition but it just goes undetected as there are no symptoms and it's of no risk to an individual's wellbeing (or an individual's capacity to safely pilot an aircraft). Despite this, and the report stating same each time, CASA require this person to go through the motions and expense at each renewal ?$$$$?. This is why aviation is dying (is dead) in 'Straya . It makes one wonder whether the economics of flying to the US to obtain a FAA license + medical renewal and registering local aircraft on the US register could be a viable option to circumvent the CASA's nonsense. Hmmm.. .. ?
Clinton McKenzie
· 0:00
Julia Su Unfortunately, that’s a very typical example of Avmed‘s harmful overreactions to the objective risks. Not only a waste of the person’s time and money (and sometimes Avmed‘s medical test requirements put the individual at substantial risk), it’s also a waste of valuable medical resources. I’ve lost count of the number of people who‘ve told me that when they go for some test that Avmed has imposed on them, the specialist shakes his or head in disbelief.
David Jarman
· 8:26
CASA partaking in cancel culture? No who would have believed it?
Alan Middleton
· 8:14
Excellent Ben, and I’m sure the board will support you as vast majority of members do in this matter. It appears the new leader of CASA does not like dissenting views and will not work with anyone. Who she regards as having a view that is different to hers and her cancer officers. 
Melinda Bennett
· 0:26
You need to watch Graham Hood ex pilot interviewed two ex pilots they also talk about CASA and Pipa.
Plus:
Quote:DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE SEEKS TAKEDOWN OF CRITICAL VIDEOS
AOPA Australia responds to a letter received from the Department of Infrastructure calling for a video that is critical of the departments key staff and decision making to be taken down.
Link to video in question:
https://fb.watch/g-PpsaFGEs/?mibextid=qC1gEa
Comments in reply:
David Young
· 11:21
Don’t hold your breath Benjamin Morgan!
David Ian Grant
· 13:32
Is Ms Burke related in any way to the Russian president? or president Xi? maybe Kim Jong Un? Careful Ben they will have you disappeared to a Gulag somewhere. Oh and you missed out the clause that prime objective of airports privatisation was to make billions of dollars for big private banks and development sharks.
Gary Gould
· 0:03
Looks like the Department of Infrastructure can add "bullying" to their repertoire of "skills" ----- "I'm from the Government. I'm here to help".
Gary Gould
· 13:34
and then there is the (mis) managed Sunshine Coast Airport!! The elimination of the long into-wind runway. Brilliant!
Andrew Whiteman
· 14:39
Why did Hoxton Park get bulldozed for a housing estate and Bunnings? What was different to its lease as opposed to Camden or BK.
David Ian Grant
· 0:00
Andrew Whiteman Hoxton was bulldozed to refund Mcbank's outlay for all three airports. Basically they bought three, bulldozed one, so they got two airports for Zilch. In 1982 Bankstown airport alone was valued by the NSW government, Bankstown airport is NSW government land that is owned by the Commonwealth, it was valued at over a billion dollars, yet Mcbank only paid 250 million for all three. Two senior bureaucrats engineered that sale, which in my opinion is highly suspect because I dont believe anyone could be that inept. There is also the fact that no NSW stamp duty was paid on the Leases. All passing strange.
Alan Middleton
· 13:01
Well done Ben. How dare they!
Dan Compton
· 12:41
Your points are clear, but their response is not clear. What do they think you got wrong?
Byron Air Adventures ·
· 15:29
Unfortunately I see a lot of airports under the same pressure……!
Shannon Baker
· 1:52
They say.. you receive the most flak when you are overhead the target.
Andy Longmire
· 13:10
It appears they are in contravention of the Aviation Act that they either don’t know or are unaware of the statutory rights regarding this Act, because all this non-aviation activities is against everything this Act states.
Frank Andrewartha
· 3:02
They are clueless. After multiple emails to the department with the support of the local Liberal member, the replies were such that even the local member was embarrassed by the response. Completely unrelated to the question and submission
Wendy Jayne
· 8:20
Government departments are full of a bunch of Karen’s that want to shut you down and threaten you if you disagree with them. This is not the only government department that is acting like this. Bullies that are carried away with their self importance and not real public interest.
MTF...P2
