[Gobbledock]

I've had my dealings with McMillan. Quite an opinionated character and likes to whinge about everyone but himself. TBH I think he is a pompous knob. However, he is also an unofficial IOS member as the bloke truly dislikes Fort Fumble, but for good reason - CAsA has most certainly dicked him and his airline around over the years, with a little bullying thrown in for good measure. So yeah, he is pissed.

But he has a very good point - CAsA has cost his airline a lot of money over the years by engaging in regulatory bullying and pinning Alliance down with pony pooh regulations based upon some lawyer inspired wankery. The dipshits writing the unworkable regulations and then using even bigger dipshits to enforce it are red tape creators. They don't understand aviation holistically, they don't understand finances and business methodologies, and they certainly don't understand what it is like to be held to ransom by draconian legislation and regulations which are outdated, unworkable, convoluted and just plain crap.

So I'm quite happy to forward Scotty a dozen choccy frogs for exercising his democratic right and standing up and saying 'CAsA, you're a bunch of wankers and we've had enough, it's time to head to NZ for our AOC'! Three cheers old mate. It's a brave and ballsy concept, but it is doable. And a little short term pain and hard work would certainly be worth it in the long run.

I think McMillan's actions should, in the very least, grab the attention of Mr Chesterfield, because there is some pretty serious shit going down when the CEO of a reasonable size airline wants to run his AUSTRALIAN operation under the framework of ANOTHER country, and rightly so. It goes to show how bad things are getting.

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