by K_P9 | Sep 25, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Good for Hitch, agree GD, at least you don’t need the hardworking bucket at hand to read his commentary. Commentary which, as far as it goes is balanced and reasoned; I just wonder if Hitch and other similar commentators will go a little deeper. The reform of the...
by K_P9 | Sep 23, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
The head of the Skidmore snake is trapped in a cleft stick; there are , he says, no rules to fall back on should Part 61 be rolled back; which is a bollocks. But, you can see the problem. Countless hours and dollars have been invested by operators in ‘compliance’ and...
by K_P9 | Sep 20, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
A half dozen things Turnbull could do for aviation. I believe it would take the PM less than a hour to earn some significant brown-eye points and settle the aviation ‘scuffles’. Think of all the happy people associated with aviation telling their nearest, dearest and...
by K_P9 | Sep 19, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Quote:Page 10 – CHAIR: But there would be other issues besides this damn invoice. Mr Harfield: No, that is the only issue to do with Mr and Mrs Hind. That was it and, as I said, that was picked up. Senator BULLOCK: I get the feeling that it is the attitude of...
by K_P9 | Sep 18, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Page five: Sterle and Heffernan take us tantalizingly close the ‘nub’ and set up the board for a breach of the ASA Houstoblame defence: it is an interesting construct and for those interested in the finer points, worth reading. The results of the construct, the...