05-27-2017, 10:10 AM
Of wasted energy
As I've said before, governments have had the good part of a century to fine tune the Westminster system of 'do nothing, make it look like you are doing everything, and avoid accountability'. Undertaking 'reviews', 'having consultation', 'doing studies', 'engaging in dialogue' 'formulating advisory groups' blah blah blah is all part of the game. It's a method of looking like you are proactively doing something while actually doing nothing. This is not by mistake. It's all craftily scoped into government frameworks. It IS how they do business.
Example; Government wants to extract more from the taxpayer but doesn't want to raise taxes or do anything that appears to be an an obvious dig into our pockets because they risk being voted out and losing the keys to their golden trough. So, they announce they are taxing bank profits. The banks hand over the money, but then raise as interest rates, fees and charges to compensate. The banks now look like pricks and Team Turdball then throw mud at the banks for being bastards to us poor little people. The point is that the government knew what it was doing and knows how to avoid blame and make it look like they are innocent.
I seriously doubt our industry will change. I would love to be wrong, but I doubt I am going to be. The Westminster system works well for the Pollywafflers, why would they want to change it? A system that has been built over 100 years is not going to be changed. And as for CAsA, well I've said it for years - the day that Aleck goes, Mike Smith becomes DAS and David Fawcett becomes Junior Minister for aviation is the day I will believe there is actually good in government, our systems and true democracy is here!
Sorry gents, it is time to hang up the epaulettes and engineering overalls and pick up a lawn mower, brickies trowel or nail gun as there is not one single sign that anything is about to change for the good.....
Chester, Albo, Truss, Joyce, Skidmark, McComick, Comardy, Aleck, Pumpkin Head.......You don't need more evidence than that.
TICK TOCK
As I've said before, governments have had the good part of a century to fine tune the Westminster system of 'do nothing, make it look like you are doing everything, and avoid accountability'. Undertaking 'reviews', 'having consultation', 'doing studies', 'engaging in dialogue' 'formulating advisory groups' blah blah blah is all part of the game. It's a method of looking like you are proactively doing something while actually doing nothing. This is not by mistake. It's all craftily scoped into government frameworks. It IS how they do business.
Example; Government wants to extract more from the taxpayer but doesn't want to raise taxes or do anything that appears to be an an obvious dig into our pockets because they risk being voted out and losing the keys to their golden trough. So, they announce they are taxing bank profits. The banks hand over the money, but then raise as interest rates, fees and charges to compensate. The banks now look like pricks and Team Turdball then throw mud at the banks for being bastards to us poor little people. The point is that the government knew what it was doing and knows how to avoid blame and make it look like they are innocent.
I seriously doubt our industry will change. I would love to be wrong, but I doubt I am going to be. The Westminster system works well for the Pollywafflers, why would they want to change it? A system that has been built over 100 years is not going to be changed. And as for CAsA, well I've said it for years - the day that Aleck goes, Mike Smith becomes DAS and David Fawcett becomes Junior Minister for aviation is the day I will believe there is actually good in government, our systems and true democracy is here!
Sorry gents, it is time to hang up the epaulettes and engineering overalls and pick up a lawn mower, brickies trowel or nail gun as there is not one single sign that anything is about to change for the good.....
Chester, Albo, Truss, Joyce, Skidmark, McComick, Comardy, Aleck, Pumpkin Head.......You don't need more evidence than that.
TICK TOCK