White Paper - Use - Flush - Forget..
"Floccinaucinihilipilification (twenty-nine letters):The estimation of something as valueless. Ironically, floccinaucinihilipilification is a pretty valueless word itself; it’s almost never used except as an example of a long word."
Aye, there's a market for long useless words (lots of) to be sold to the hapless believers in the benefits of snake oil. As requested and required, I read the minuscule's flatulent speech on 'priorities' and once again reached for the much used bucket. La' King seems to have priorities 'popular' with the Latte drinking, basket weaving set and has avoided mentioning that there is an industry of value, which should be generating revenue, employment, international trade and service to the nation, floundering and failing due to government lack of responsibility. Happy to use Albo's rubber stamp and the white paper protocol. But no matter, despite the shortages; there's plenty of 'white paper' for ministerial use. Gods know they need a lot of it, to cope with the sheer volume of verbal 'flush-able' stuff they expel.
“[Politicians] are high-minded because they have not yet been humbled by life, nor have they experienced the force of circumstances. … They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it."
The plump, parsimonious, fiscally 'challenged' Electric Blue Halfwit continues to ignore world best aircraft separation standards. (IMO) one of the best analysis of why we have mid air collisions and pilots tearing their hair out in frustration at the increasing delays in last 150 miles of their flight, not to mention the ever present danger of an OCTA 'mid-air' pile up may only be sheeted home to 'budget'. The EBLHW never turns up for a Senate Estimates session with Senior ATCO - only his tame bean counter. Time to train up some more ATCO, remove some of the onerous 'rules' they are liable for - and maximise and use the systems we have in place. The following extract says it all.....
"In the USA ALL IFR aircraft are separated by ATC. Dick Smith has been trying to bring Australian safety standards up for at least 30 years by insisting on the same ATC separation here. The ATSB report confirms what this forum has known for some time both aircraft were visible to ATC via ADS-B tracking. Airservices have a flow chart that demonstrates the workload of providing separation is LESS than the workload of only providing traffic."
WHY?
"Each task requires ATC considering the trajectory of every aircraft in the sector. To separate aircraft, the ATC makes a decision and issues an instruction. If the ATC passes traffic then the pilot may respond with his decision to change altitude or track or otherwise avoid the conflict. BUT then the ATC has to assess this change to determine if a different conflict will occur and perhaps pass further traffic. So let us stop accepting the nonsense argument that it costs more to provide separation compared to traffic information - it does not. (Courtesy the UP and 'Advance')
It all becomes even more farcical when our once serviceable ATSB 'examines' and eventually reports on 'accident' and incident. Any sensible analysis of fatal events seems to become a slick, top cover job, protecting whichever agency is most likely to be 'in-the-gun'. If you take a stroll through all the reports into fatal accidents over the last five years (or a decade if you've the patience) and extract the 'useful' information and practical recommendation to prevent a repeat performance; you will end up with a very slim list of limited value.
“I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.”
The condescending platitudes delivered by La' King completely fail to address in any meaningful way the dreadful state Australia's safety agencies, system and regulation have descended into and the global isolation this is producing. Once upon a time Australia could stand with the best of them, have a modicum of quiet pride and confidence; alas, no longer. Subject of jokes and sympathy for now, but if matters aeronautical devolve much further, then the 'tea and sympathy' will turn into direct action against the pariah. But no matter, no doubt the sheer volume of white paper flushed away is terribly 'Eco-friendly' and will keep the basket weavers so happy as they drop their paper cups into the recycle bin.
“Social conscience is a fashion, it changes every year.”
But, persistence can be rewarded; once the inspection of work in hand is complete, its nap time for the kitten. This is synchronised to happen when the big dog drifts off; I get some very old fashioned looks from the dog when he wakes to find the kitten curled up close to his chest. Deep growls and a bark have nor deterred; yesterday the dog woke up, looked for the cat and bestowed a lick on the top of a small furry head curled up between front paws. Peace reigns - for the while.
Selah.
"Floccinaucinihilipilification (twenty-nine letters):The estimation of something as valueless. Ironically, floccinaucinihilipilification is a pretty valueless word itself; it’s almost never used except as an example of a long word."
Aye, there's a market for long useless words (lots of) to be sold to the hapless believers in the benefits of snake oil. As requested and required, I read the minuscule's flatulent speech on 'priorities' and once again reached for the much used bucket. La' King seems to have priorities 'popular' with the Latte drinking, basket weaving set and has avoided mentioning that there is an industry of value, which should be generating revenue, employment, international trade and service to the nation, floundering and failing due to government lack of responsibility. Happy to use Albo's rubber stamp and the white paper protocol. But no matter, despite the shortages; there's plenty of 'white paper' for ministerial use. Gods know they need a lot of it, to cope with the sheer volume of verbal 'flush-able' stuff they expel.
“[Politicians] are high-minded because they have not yet been humbled by life, nor have they experienced the force of circumstances. … They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it."
The plump, parsimonious, fiscally 'challenged' Electric Blue Halfwit continues to ignore world best aircraft separation standards. (IMO) one of the best analysis of why we have mid air collisions and pilots tearing their hair out in frustration at the increasing delays in last 150 miles of their flight, not to mention the ever present danger of an OCTA 'mid-air' pile up may only be sheeted home to 'budget'. The EBLHW never turns up for a Senate Estimates session with Senior ATCO - only his tame bean counter. Time to train up some more ATCO, remove some of the onerous 'rules' they are liable for - and maximise and use the systems we have in place. The following extract says it all.....
"In the USA ALL IFR aircraft are separated by ATC. Dick Smith has been trying to bring Australian safety standards up for at least 30 years by insisting on the same ATC separation here. The ATSB report confirms what this forum has known for some time both aircraft were visible to ATC via ADS-B tracking. Airservices have a flow chart that demonstrates the workload of providing separation is LESS than the workload of only providing traffic."
WHY?
"Each task requires ATC considering the trajectory of every aircraft in the sector. To separate aircraft, the ATC makes a decision and issues an instruction. If the ATC passes traffic then the pilot may respond with his decision to change altitude or track or otherwise avoid the conflict. BUT then the ATC has to assess this change to determine if a different conflict will occur and perhaps pass further traffic. So let us stop accepting the nonsense argument that it costs more to provide separation compared to traffic information - it does not. (Courtesy the UP and 'Advance')
It all becomes even more farcical when our once serviceable ATSB 'examines' and eventually reports on 'accident' and incident. Any sensible analysis of fatal events seems to become a slick, top cover job, protecting whichever agency is most likely to be 'in-the-gun'. If you take a stroll through all the reports into fatal accidents over the last five years (or a decade if you've the patience) and extract the 'useful' information and practical recommendation to prevent a repeat performance; you will end up with a very slim list of limited value.
“I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.”
The condescending platitudes delivered by La' King completely fail to address in any meaningful way the dreadful state Australia's safety agencies, system and regulation have descended into and the global isolation this is producing. Once upon a time Australia could stand with the best of them, have a modicum of quiet pride and confidence; alas, no longer. Subject of jokes and sympathy for now, but if matters aeronautical devolve much further, then the 'tea and sympathy' will turn into direct action against the pariah. But no matter, no doubt the sheer volume of white paper flushed away is terribly 'Eco-friendly' and will keep the basket weavers so happy as they drop their paper cups into the recycle bin.
“Social conscience is a fashion, it changes every year.”
But, persistence can be rewarded; once the inspection of work in hand is complete, its nap time for the kitten. This is synchronised to happen when the big dog drifts off; I get some very old fashioned looks from the dog when he wakes to find the kitten curled up close to his chest. Deep growls and a bark have nor deterred; yesterday the dog woke up, looked for the cat and bestowed a lick on the top of a small furry head curled up between front paws. Peace reigns - for the while.
Selah.