Wait, there’s more.
Well, here’s one for our aviation Senators; a brawl of epic proportions needing an umpire. Reading the latest offering from Smith and that man ‘Iggins; it seems that Air Services; managed by that doyen of probity, colour posters and courage badges has, according to their lights, done a splendid job of the Tasmanian radar system, all AUD $6, 000,000 worth, claimed their bonuses and shut the file.
“Not so” says Smith.
"Yes we have" they argue, "it’s CASA who won’t let us use the system".
“Not us” says CASA, "their system does not meet our robust standards”.
“Well”, says Smith, “why did you spend 100% of the money and only do 90% of the job?”
You can, dear Senators see the need for the hair pulling to stop. Is the system inadequate?, did the public get ripped off?; is it dangerous? . Who’s to bless and who’s to blame?
We should be able to call in our independent safety analysts, the ATSB, to make a ruling; tell CASA to stop being so precious or, tell ASA to get it done right or return the bonus payments and buy all the required equipment.
But I forget, the ATSB is neither competent or independent and cannot be fully relied on to make an independent, serious safety rulings, can they?.
You see the problem, a side issue may be that with radar coverage, the airlines would save the cost of ‘procedural’ separation, which over a two year period would pay for the whole thing. Any chance of a little refereeing getting done, within a reasonable time frame; anything under two years would be stellar.
Bloody silly when think about it; ain’t it?
Well, here’s one for our aviation Senators; a brawl of epic proportions needing an umpire. Reading the latest offering from Smith and that man ‘Iggins; it seems that Air Services; managed by that doyen of probity, colour posters and courage badges has, according to their lights, done a splendid job of the Tasmanian radar system, all AUD $6, 000,000 worth, claimed their bonuses and shut the file.
“Not so” says Smith.
"Yes we have" they argue, "it’s CASA who won’t let us use the system".
“Not us” says CASA, "their system does not meet our robust standards”.
“Well”, says Smith, “why did you spend 100% of the money and only do 90% of the job?”
You can, dear Senators see the need for the hair pulling to stop. Is the system inadequate?, did the public get ripped off?; is it dangerous? . Who’s to bless and who’s to blame?
We should be able to call in our independent safety analysts, the ATSB, to make a ruling; tell CASA to stop being so precious or, tell ASA to get it done right or return the bonus payments and buy all the required equipment.
But I forget, the ATSB is neither competent or independent and cannot be fully relied on to make an independent, serious safety rulings, can they?.
You see the problem, a side issue may be that with radar coverage, the airlines would save the cost of ‘procedural’ separation, which over a two year period would pay for the whole thing. Any chance of a little refereeing getting done, within a reasonable time frame; anything under two years would be stellar.
Bloody silly when think about it; ain’t it?