05-13-2016, 08:41 PM
Kharon, bear with me for a minute mate; The politicians and bureaucrats are the same as a cheap hooker - willing to sell their ass to any John Doe just to pay for their next hit. For the Pollies, they need to survive the next term, and so the wheel turns. The reason the sudden concern for 'economics' has arisen is because it is the election catch phrase basically - jobs and growth, grow the economy, cut red tape, stimulate stimulate stimulate.......all bollocks.
Besides, a fight or debate between Government and the IOS over 'regulation matters','safety matters', even 'the DPM's selfie at a piss trough with one hand pointing to a sign on the wall and the other hand holding his tiny withered member' is trivial because the media couldn't give a toss. There are only two things that will raise aviation attention - 1) a large smoking hole, 2) bad publicity for the government. Option one is not preferred for obvious reasons, although many of us believe it is inevitable. However option two is the most palatable yet difficult.
So we need to think outside the box. We need something that draws media attention to our industry's plight. Use the recent truck driver fiasco as a good example; how many of us knew about the simmering issue before we saw it on the 6:00pm news when a convoy of passionate drivers, their unions and other supporters drove a convoy around Parliament House? The issue had been festering for ages yet nobody was interested, not until our multi-wheeled brothers made a bold, public statement that shone a giant spotlight on the Can'tberra parasites. I believe that the wheels have now been firmly greased. But it's not enough. Now it's time for publicity. Perhaps a flying procession to Can'tberra of every available aviator and then an aviators road procession of sorts around that billion dollar den that is filled with Armani wearing arse lickers. A call to arms for whirlybird pilots, GA pilots, engineers, anyone and everyone who sniffs, breathes and works in aviation. But it's got to be big, bold and very very public. Something that will give the Presstitute's a woody. Our tendentious blogging, pithy meetings with muppets like Joyce, Mr perfect hair and Boyd are a fruitless exercise. They are merely buying time, ticking boxes and shutting us up until the election is done and dusted and we never see them again. Even though it pains me to say it, It needs to gain mainstream media attention.
Thoughts??
P_666
Besides, a fight or debate between Government and the IOS over 'regulation matters','safety matters', even 'the DPM's selfie at a piss trough with one hand pointing to a sign on the wall and the other hand holding his tiny withered member' is trivial because the media couldn't give a toss. There are only two things that will raise aviation attention - 1) a large smoking hole, 2) bad publicity for the government. Option one is not preferred for obvious reasons, although many of us believe it is inevitable. However option two is the most palatable yet difficult.
So we need to think outside the box. We need something that draws media attention to our industry's plight. Use the recent truck driver fiasco as a good example; how many of us knew about the simmering issue before we saw it on the 6:00pm news when a convoy of passionate drivers, their unions and other supporters drove a convoy around Parliament House? The issue had been festering for ages yet nobody was interested, not until our multi-wheeled brothers made a bold, public statement that shone a giant spotlight on the Can'tberra parasites. I believe that the wheels have now been firmly greased. But it's not enough. Now it's time for publicity. Perhaps a flying procession to Can'tberra of every available aviator and then an aviators road procession of sorts around that billion dollar den that is filled with Armani wearing arse lickers. A call to arms for whirlybird pilots, GA pilots, engineers, anyone and everyone who sniffs, breathes and works in aviation. But it's got to be big, bold and very very public. Something that will give the Presstitute's a woody. Our tendentious blogging, pithy meetings with muppets like Joyce, Mr perfect hair and Boyd are a fruitless exercise. They are merely buying time, ticking boxes and shutting us up until the election is done and dusted and we never see them again. Even though it pains me to say it, It needs to gain mainstream media attention.
Thoughts??
P_666