Responsibility - at one remove..
We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them".
It must be something to do with rain; precipitation - if you prefer. Tramping about in wet boots, trousers and knowing that the dogs are colder and wetter than I - and that I must attend to them before seeing to my own comfort. Why? Well, I am 'responsible' for their well being; no one else is. Just me; it goes with the job description. I was taught from an early age the meaning of being 'responsible' and the consequences of failing to meet my obligations. Later the consequences of not doing a thing 'correctly' or to best of my ability or not learning from error there was always a price to pay. This was quickly realised and thoroughly corrected before entering a working 'life' environment, where it mattered and no prisoners were taken. Perhaps this is the reason for my abject disappointment with the shameful performance of what are supposed to be Australia's world class, gold standard aviation 'oversight' systems. One could be forgiven for imagining the astronomical 'cost' of these agencies equates to excellence - it does not. Furthermore on a per 'aircraft movement' basis (across the board) it is the most expensive system on the planet. Add up the real 'money' invested by the tax payer (total budget) and divide by aircraft movements - then compare that to the USA or UK - yet the 'budgets' keep growing. It is a truly 'scary' number. Throwing more tax/user pays money at it will not correct the 'problems'..
“So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-not, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour."
But, I digress; 'responsibility' was the bottom line; or more on target, the deliberate 'avoidance' of that incubus. An ATCO, Fireman, Policeman, Pilot, Ship Master, Bus driver, Electrician, Plumber, Builder, Carpenter, kitchen hand or toilet cleaner - if they 'get-it-wrong'- and create a pig's ear - they are "in the gun". No holds barred, penalties, fines - even gaol time for some. Yet those responsible for a thing like ICAO compliance; sound air traffic control, sensible management of an industry or even the analysis of fatal and potentially fatal accident can simply gloss over any and all real responsibility. Protected, safe, warm and dry within a fatally flawed system which is diametrically opposed to 'the rule of law', out of government control; and, visibly disintegrating, bit by bit, on a daily basis. Easy enough to rectify - just change chairs, take the pay increase and never even look back at the carnage left in the wake.
“What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
In the real world there are 'consequences' - and a 'knock on' effect from those consequences. Courts, Tribunals, Inquiries, Estimates and Investigations - all have a common thread (in general terms); its the same with Kids - 'cause; effect and consequence'. Remember that old rhyme "for want of a nail the shoe was lost' etc. A classic 'cause and effect' lesson - however, it fails in part to address and correct the radical cause. Before throwing a saddle across the horse, the prudent rider picks up each hoof and checks that all is as it should be; few excuses for avoiding this responsibility, for, as the poem says, there is much at stake. In the governance of 'matters aeronautical' case, the avoidance of 'responsibility' has become an expensive, exquisite, rarefied art form. Anyone who believes for a minute that sacking Halfwit and even his Board will correct the consequences of avoiding responsibility is dreaming. The corrections required demand Ministerial not departmental intervention. The sums of money needed to effect the changes is outlandish - but money and spin alone will not correct the flaws nor shoo away the negligence inflicted. IMO the Minister should bring charges against Halfwit and his Board for gross negligence, dereliction and gross incompetence; accept the responsibility a crown minister has to the public and return Australian airspace to world best standard. Its bloody embarrassing, not to mention potentially dangerous to allow ATC and fire services services to limp along as it stands.
“If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.”
Aye, so much for Halfwit a good riddance I call it, I can't see him queuing up at the dole office or visiting the food bank; no Sir. But, no matter, I made half a dozen doors this week to be installed; tricky things to make are doors - using hand tools but most satisfactory when complete, the 'raised panels' were demanding as they were made from 'edge jointed' boards to get the width needed: most satisfactory. Looking out of the window at the cold, bleak, wet landscape, lowering cloud and buckets of rain; its not rocket science to work out why there is not a delegation at the door. Perhaps another coffee?
Selah -.-
We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them".
It must be something to do with rain; precipitation - if you prefer. Tramping about in wet boots, trousers and knowing that the dogs are colder and wetter than I - and that I must attend to them before seeing to my own comfort. Why? Well, I am 'responsible' for their well being; no one else is. Just me; it goes with the job description. I was taught from an early age the meaning of being 'responsible' and the consequences of failing to meet my obligations. Later the consequences of not doing a thing 'correctly' or to best of my ability or not learning from error there was always a price to pay. This was quickly realised and thoroughly corrected before entering a working 'life' environment, where it mattered and no prisoners were taken. Perhaps this is the reason for my abject disappointment with the shameful performance of what are supposed to be Australia's world class, gold standard aviation 'oversight' systems. One could be forgiven for imagining the astronomical 'cost' of these agencies equates to excellence - it does not. Furthermore on a per 'aircraft movement' basis (across the board) it is the most expensive system on the planet. Add up the real 'money' invested by the tax payer (total budget) and divide by aircraft movements - then compare that to the USA or UK - yet the 'budgets' keep growing. It is a truly 'scary' number. Throwing more tax/user pays money at it will not correct the 'problems'..
“So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-not, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour."
But, I digress; 'responsibility' was the bottom line; or more on target, the deliberate 'avoidance' of that incubus. An ATCO, Fireman, Policeman, Pilot, Ship Master, Bus driver, Electrician, Plumber, Builder, Carpenter, kitchen hand or toilet cleaner - if they 'get-it-wrong'- and create a pig's ear - they are "in the gun". No holds barred, penalties, fines - even gaol time for some. Yet those responsible for a thing like ICAO compliance; sound air traffic control, sensible management of an industry or even the analysis of fatal and potentially fatal accident can simply gloss over any and all real responsibility. Protected, safe, warm and dry within a fatally flawed system which is diametrically opposed to 'the rule of law', out of government control; and, visibly disintegrating, bit by bit, on a daily basis. Easy enough to rectify - just change chairs, take the pay increase and never even look back at the carnage left in the wake.
“What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
In the real world there are 'consequences' - and a 'knock on' effect from those consequences. Courts, Tribunals, Inquiries, Estimates and Investigations - all have a common thread (in general terms); its the same with Kids - 'cause; effect and consequence'. Remember that old rhyme "for want of a nail the shoe was lost' etc. A classic 'cause and effect' lesson - however, it fails in part to address and correct the radical cause. Before throwing a saddle across the horse, the prudent rider picks up each hoof and checks that all is as it should be; few excuses for avoiding this responsibility, for, as the poem says, there is much at stake. In the governance of 'matters aeronautical' case, the avoidance of 'responsibility' has become an expensive, exquisite, rarefied art form. Anyone who believes for a minute that sacking Halfwit and even his Board will correct the consequences of avoiding responsibility is dreaming. The corrections required demand Ministerial not departmental intervention. The sums of money needed to effect the changes is outlandish - but money and spin alone will not correct the flaws nor shoo away the negligence inflicted. IMO the Minister should bring charges against Halfwit and his Board for gross negligence, dereliction and gross incompetence; accept the responsibility a crown minister has to the public and return Australian airspace to world best standard. Its bloody embarrassing, not to mention potentially dangerous to allow ATC and fire services services to limp along as it stands.
“If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.”
Aye, so much for Halfwit a good riddance I call it, I can't see him queuing up at the dole office or visiting the food bank; no Sir. But, no matter, I made half a dozen doors this week to be installed; tricky things to make are doors - using hand tools but most satisfactory when complete, the 'raised panels' were demanding as they were made from 'edge jointed' boards to get the width needed: most satisfactory. Looking out of the window at the cold, bleak, wet landscape, lowering cloud and buckets of rain; its not rocket science to work out why there is not a delegation at the door. Perhaps another coffee?
Selah -.-