[Gobbledock]

Tom, the Houseboat is ship shape. The engines are serviced, boiler room prepared, deck is scrubbed, brass is polished, Captain is in the wheelhouse and I'm wearing my white overalls and puffing on a Winnie Blue while eagerly awaiting a radio call.

Indeed it is the calm before the storm. Now, I know that the Canley Vale debacle has many stones yet to be upturned. Lives were lost, relatives of the deceased are shattered forever, and as with PelAir and Lockhart River, the puerile 'R'egulator has a hand in the root cause of all three accidents, yet it bullshits, lies, and weasels it's way out of any responsibility. CAsA is part of a crooked government system that is designed, built and managed in a way that ensures it always comes out squeaky clean while everyone else is coated in shit.

However, I am oh so certain that the Ferryman has a satchel that is filled with documents that could be sent at a moments notice. I am also certain that the Senators also have a satchel or two that they are sitting on, ready to be displayed at the right time. But what we need is a royal commission into the CAsA beast, a commission that will finally spill the contents of the rancid pond for all the world to see. Until that commission happens we will never see a resolution of the issues that have dragged on for decades and in fact morphed into the mess we have before us today. The IOS have held great concern for years that the ultimate cause for change will be a giant smoking hole. We still hope that won't be the catalyst, but the clock is still ticking...

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