[Gobbledock]

Certainly is a change in direction. Beaker knew nothing about aviation, he was just another bureaucrat. But the Hooded one at least has a fair amount of experience under his robust belt (so to speak) and he understands aviations complexities. Third time lucky finally, he missed out on CAsA DAS in lieu of The Screaming Skull and he missed on ASA to Staib. So he has done his time patiently. Let's hope he can return the ATsB back to the old Alan Stray days, our foward a business case for money to adequately fund enough Investigators etc.

With all these  changes I wouldn't mind betting that my source in Montreal is correct - ICAO are sniffing around!