03-10-2020, 09:43 PM
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Shotgun’s – spray patterns.
It may seem like a strange title for a general post – but its where I find myself. Where to post? No matter where you look, there’s a pellet to be stuck in each target. The whole, wide ‘target’ of the aviation industry is speckled with ‘shot’. Big airlines, Regional airlines, charter, flight schools, maintenance: all under the pump. The whole lot – or; that what’s left behind. Top to bottom; proud national fag carrier to Mum and Dad flight schools – all wondering WTD happened.
Come May – Carmody’s part is to exeunt Stage Right, richer, fatter, protected and not even a whisper of shame to follow him as he slithers, unshriven, out of the back door. A good riddance I’d call it – but will he take his team of performing sociopaths with him? Will there finally be a serious shake up of the CASA board? Will the Senate finally, once and for all – put a full stop to the untrammelled power residually left behind? Will the minister have the balls to sack – out of hand – Aleck, Crawford etc. and all who sail with ‘em? IMO fair questions all – or; will the party continue - unabated?
We have now for over three decades watched (and monitored) Senate good intentions (despite the O’Sullivan interlude) being pissed on, ignored and contemptuously dismissed as opinion– mostly through a lack of ministerial ‘will power’. That alone accounts for 100 of the 200 pellets in a bird shot cartridge.
The ‘minister’ may well be looked to for leadership; this would be a fine, democratic thing. A Senate reprimand and ministerial report should galvanise a new minister into action. Upon realising that a national aviation industry is heading for the tip at a great rate of knots, one could (as the gods will) expect some sort of ministerial action. All we have seen from that quarter is gross participation and involvement in every seemingly dodgy deal being publically noted and publicised – SOAR and Mildura for a start – before we even get into the ministers sanctioned version of ‘Melbourne’ (Essendon) and connections thereto.
School for Scandal is a comedy. The Harlot’s House (Wilde) is a much closer adaptation of stark reality. Whether he’s owned, innocent, drunk or just stupid matters not a whit. The current minister is technically and morally responsible for the collapse of not only the grass roots of aviation, but the entire charade being inflicted on the tax paying voters of this land. If he want’s ‘em (airports) off the books’, then just say so and flog off another lump of Oz to whatever overseas buyer wants it. What’s honesty? – look it up.
Shall we begin with the first draft of the real Essendon report, or perhaps wait for the ‘sanitised’ version and publically compare the two? We can and we will (thanks Uncle Sam). My crew prefer to wait – this is the same for Ross Air and several other reports which have been long in the making. Chameleon like, the work of investigators seems to be melded into the latest ‘edited’ garbage currently being provided. What happened to The truth, the whole truth and so help me!! (insert preferred deity)
Then we come down into the weeds. The beautifully manipulated schism between RaOz and AOPA devolves around aerodromes. T’is true. Many flight schools fell for the play and converted from CASA to RA. Seemed like a really good idea – at the time, probably still is if you look at the USA model – however. No matter what school of thought a flight school accommodates, no matter where: there is one item essential to their survival. No prizes – they need an aerodrome; reasonable rent, useable facilities and confidence that their tenure on that airfield can be maintained within the bounds of ‘reasonable’ cost.
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.”
And yet, at the bottom of every pile of money and photographs of ‘dubious-doings’ we find a happy snap of our minister. The battle to maintain the legislated rights of aerodromes seems to have been lost somewhere between the developers and council members prosecuting deals with, what seems to be, some very funny money (for example) . The Mayor of Mildura and the Swan Hill ‘maintenance base discussions’ seems to be a case in point. Smoke and Fire ? Yes/No. No harm, no foul, all Kosher – fair enough – but where’s the ministers proof of complete compliance with the letters (all of ‘em) of the law? Is proof required – YES. It bloody well is.
Too many targets I reckon for one round – happily the Purdy holds two. The second shot is the one for the pot. But if the flight schools and rural charter operators do not join forces, and soon; there will be very little in the way of runways or paddocks in which to conduct operations. Unite now; and, tell the graft ridden councils to get real; or, bugger off. Ministerial support, about now, would enhance credibility – big time.
Like I said, a shotgun spread pattern is required to stand a chance of clipping even one of these brightly lit birds on the wing. Conversely, up close, there is a chance to bag more than one bird. Just depends on where you stand – don’t it?
Toot – toot.
It may seem like a strange title for a general post – but its where I find myself. Where to post? No matter where you look, there’s a pellet to be stuck in each target. The whole, wide ‘target’ of the aviation industry is speckled with ‘shot’. Big airlines, Regional airlines, charter, flight schools, maintenance: all under the pump. The whole lot – or; that what’s left behind. Top to bottom; proud national fag carrier to Mum and Dad flight schools – all wondering WTD happened.
Come May – Carmody’s part is to exeunt Stage Right, richer, fatter, protected and not even a whisper of shame to follow him as he slithers, unshriven, out of the back door. A good riddance I’d call it – but will he take his team of performing sociopaths with him? Will there finally be a serious shake up of the CASA board? Will the Senate finally, once and for all – put a full stop to the untrammelled power residually left behind? Will the minister have the balls to sack – out of hand – Aleck, Crawford etc. and all who sail with ‘em? IMO fair questions all – or; will the party continue - unabated?
We have now for over three decades watched (and monitored) Senate good intentions (despite the O’Sullivan interlude) being pissed on, ignored and contemptuously dismissed as opinion– mostly through a lack of ministerial ‘will power’. That alone accounts for 100 of the 200 pellets in a bird shot cartridge.
The ‘minister’ may well be looked to for leadership; this would be a fine, democratic thing. A Senate reprimand and ministerial report should galvanise a new minister into action. Upon realising that a national aviation industry is heading for the tip at a great rate of knots, one could (as the gods will) expect some sort of ministerial action. All we have seen from that quarter is gross participation and involvement in every seemingly dodgy deal being publically noted and publicised – SOAR and Mildura for a start – before we even get into the ministers sanctioned version of ‘Melbourne’ (Essendon) and connections thereto.
School for Scandal is a comedy. The Harlot’s House (Wilde) is a much closer adaptation of stark reality. Whether he’s owned, innocent, drunk or just stupid matters not a whit. The current minister is technically and morally responsible for the collapse of not only the grass roots of aviation, but the entire charade being inflicted on the tax paying voters of this land. If he want’s ‘em (airports) off the books’, then just say so and flog off another lump of Oz to whatever overseas buyer wants it. What’s honesty? – look it up.
Shall we begin with the first draft of the real Essendon report, or perhaps wait for the ‘sanitised’ version and publically compare the two? We can and we will (thanks Uncle Sam). My crew prefer to wait – this is the same for Ross Air and several other reports which have been long in the making. Chameleon like, the work of investigators seems to be melded into the latest ‘edited’ garbage currently being provided. What happened to The truth, the whole truth and so help me!! (insert preferred deity)
Then we come down into the weeds. The beautifully manipulated schism between RaOz and AOPA devolves around aerodromes. T’is true. Many flight schools fell for the play and converted from CASA to RA. Seemed like a really good idea – at the time, probably still is if you look at the USA model – however. No matter what school of thought a flight school accommodates, no matter where: there is one item essential to their survival. No prizes – they need an aerodrome; reasonable rent, useable facilities and confidence that their tenure on that airfield can be maintained within the bounds of ‘reasonable’ cost.
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.”
And yet, at the bottom of every pile of money and photographs of ‘dubious-doings’ we find a happy snap of our minister. The battle to maintain the legislated rights of aerodromes seems to have been lost somewhere between the developers and council members prosecuting deals with, what seems to be, some very funny money (for example) . The Mayor of Mildura and the Swan Hill ‘maintenance base discussions’ seems to be a case in point. Smoke and Fire ? Yes/No. No harm, no foul, all Kosher – fair enough – but where’s the ministers proof of complete compliance with the letters (all of ‘em) of the law? Is proof required – YES. It bloody well is.
Too many targets I reckon for one round – happily the Purdy holds two. The second shot is the one for the pot. But if the flight schools and rural charter operators do not join forces, and soon; there will be very little in the way of runways or paddocks in which to conduct operations. Unite now; and, tell the graft ridden councils to get real; or, bugger off. Ministerial support, about now, would enhance credibility – big time.
Like I said, a shotgun spread pattern is required to stand a chance of clipping even one of these brightly lit birds on the wing. Conversely, up close, there is a chance to bag more than one bird. Just depends on where you stand – don’t it?
Toot – toot.