Doesn't sound hopeful at all "K", quite the opposite in fact.
If DC was in fact "ducked and covered" by BJ pretty well, and if DC really is "one of those fast talking real estate creatures, smooth, shiftless, lazy and venal", it effectively says that the Fe-Pb Torroid has converted both already. Nothing will change, now, or in the future, election, or no election.
"Caretaker mode” says it all.
PS.
Fighting such battles "in a hangar" on an airfield, "in seclusion" suits, (AND SUITED QUITE NICELY) the "political animals" (both elected and un-elected / appointed) "down to the ground".
They can now say "they were there", and "listened" (with CASA inserted wax, and earmuffs), but they don't have to "respond", publicly, in any "meaningful" way. "
Why ?
Simples.
Because "PUBLIC" exposure (all THEY care about) was, is, and equals, NILL.
For "them", it was a perfect outcome.
In essence, "the industry" LOST the POLITICAL initiative.
HOW TO RECOVER THE POLITICAL INITIATIVE ?
Well, it might be an idea to take a pointer or two from the truckies.
The "truckies" created some public noise, and got a public hearing, by circling parliament.
How about organizing an aerial circling of parliament, specifically for the pleasure of the governor general himself, when he front to open the next parliament after the election ?
OP-Concept (pre-draft).
1. The day before parliament opens, deploy every available GA bird to operationally suitable airfields (for type) withing minutes three zero (for type) of "the fluttering pylon" on "the big house".
2. On the day, launch a "maximum effort raid" on the "target", timed for the "first wave" to be "inbound" as the GG gets in his car for the drive to the big house.
3. Have a continuous stream of aircraft, track for the IP (yet to be determined - but somewhere "visually handy", slightly NW of Black Mountain), then track for "close abeam" Black Mountain, then "track direct the pylon", descending to "a frighteningly low height" (for PUBLIC - MEDIA EFFECT), and perform one "low orbit" of the pylon, then depart SW, to another suitable "visually handy" exit way point, and subsequently RTB.
4. Dick could hover in his noisy monster in a suitable position close to the pylon to "orchestrate" the orbits, and act as "safety eyes", to keep things orderly.
Planning will be tricky, difficult, but do-able.
After all, even the pommies got one bomb on the runway at Port Stanley.
The mission could even be called "Black Duck One" (in recognition of the "despicable"), and the likely need for "repeat" missions in the future.
If DC was in fact "ducked and covered" by BJ pretty well, and if DC really is "one of those fast talking real estate creatures, smooth, shiftless, lazy and venal", it effectively says that the Fe-Pb Torroid has converted both already. Nothing will change, now, or in the future, election, or no election.
"Caretaker mode” says it all.
PS.
Fighting such battles "in a hangar" on an airfield, "in seclusion" suits, (AND SUITED QUITE NICELY) the "political animals" (both elected and un-elected / appointed) "down to the ground".
They can now say "they were there", and "listened" (with CASA inserted wax, and earmuffs), but they don't have to "respond", publicly, in any "meaningful" way. "
Why ?
Simples.
Because "PUBLIC" exposure (all THEY care about) was, is, and equals, NILL.
For "them", it was a perfect outcome.
In essence, "the industry" LOST the POLITICAL initiative.
HOW TO RECOVER THE POLITICAL INITIATIVE ?
Well, it might be an idea to take a pointer or two from the truckies.
The "truckies" created some public noise, and got a public hearing, by circling parliament.
How about organizing an aerial circling of parliament, specifically for the pleasure of the governor general himself, when he front to open the next parliament after the election ?
OP-Concept (pre-draft).
1. The day before parliament opens, deploy every available GA bird to operationally suitable airfields (for type) withing minutes three zero (for type) of "the fluttering pylon" on "the big house".
2. On the day, launch a "maximum effort raid" on the "target", timed for the "first wave" to be "inbound" as the GG gets in his car for the drive to the big house.
3. Have a continuous stream of aircraft, track for the IP (yet to be determined - but somewhere "visually handy", slightly NW of Black Mountain), then track for "close abeam" Black Mountain, then "track direct the pylon", descending to "a frighteningly low height" (for PUBLIC - MEDIA EFFECT), and perform one "low orbit" of the pylon, then depart SW, to another suitable "visually handy" exit way point, and subsequently RTB.
4. Dick could hover in his noisy monster in a suitable position close to the pylon to "orchestrate" the orbits, and act as "safety eyes", to keep things orderly.
Planning will be tricky, difficult, but do-able.
After all, even the pommies got one bomb on the runway at Port Stanley.
The mission could even be called "Black Duck One" (in recognition of the "despicable"), and the likely need for "repeat" missions in the future.