Note to Quartermaster.
All good stuff to lug up the mountain GD, but, is it enough. Do we need to awaken the sleeping dragon of public interest? That particular dragon has little interest in ‘matters aeronautical’, it slumbers behind a curtain of the finest trance inducing material, spun from mystique and woven by the best dream makers into a soporific, sound deadening barrier. But money; ah well, money, now that is a different stimulus.
Value for money is thing every fool in the market place understands. Being ripped off is a common or garden experience. But this understanding is reserved for relatively small amounts, mere millions; filtered off by the cart load. But how many would understand the really big, clever larceny of three government departments? CASA has burned what, $300, 000,000 just on ‘regulatory reform’, not to mention the ‘other’ huge sums happily gifted in order to prevent ‘ministerial’ responsibility; or, the huge sums invested in ‘Inquiry’ and ‘review’, royal commissions and ‘investigations’. Those monies alone would settle the national debt.
Then there’s ASA; billions upon billions; down the Swanee and more scheduled to follow it – and for what? When they have chewed through a mere 1.6 billion for the ‘One Sky’ scam, will Qantas be able to avoid the horrendous cost associated with ‘holding’ and ‘speed reduction’ or even be able to run on time, every time. No Sir, they will not; same old, same old, but they now need to recover the cost of installing all the new equipment needed to ‘comply’. Shareholders just don’t seem to grasp that all of this must be paid for – which means a reduced dividend. Passengers don’t seem to get it, these ‘costs’ are built into their ticket price and included in their tax; double dipping.
The staggering cost of ‘aviation safety’ is one of the greatest rip-offs ever developed and nurtured. So to begin our journey to the foot of MNC, we are going to need to awaken the dragon of public opinion to clear the pathway through Sleepy Hollow. Or, find a way around it; which does not remove the problems and leaves us another item to carry; dynamite – to start an avalanche from the snow covered slopes of MNC.
We can sit here at base camp and wait for Smithy, he may have some good ideas. I hear ‘Wingnut’ is a useful man on a tough climb; when the mood moves him; perhaps it’s worth sending one of the carrier pigeons off with a polite note – asking for ideas, if not assistance. You never know the answer until you ask the question – and it may preserve the ‘Fuck-off’ spray for later.
Toot – duck – toot; that is one ugly mountain.
All good stuff to lug up the mountain GD, but, is it enough. Do we need to awaken the sleeping dragon of public interest? That particular dragon has little interest in ‘matters aeronautical’, it slumbers behind a curtain of the finest trance inducing material, spun from mystique and woven by the best dream makers into a soporific, sound deadening barrier. But money; ah well, money, now that is a different stimulus.
Value for money is thing every fool in the market place understands. Being ripped off is a common or garden experience. But this understanding is reserved for relatively small amounts, mere millions; filtered off by the cart load. But how many would understand the really big, clever larceny of three government departments? CASA has burned what, $300, 000,000 just on ‘regulatory reform’, not to mention the ‘other’ huge sums happily gifted in order to prevent ‘ministerial’ responsibility; or, the huge sums invested in ‘Inquiry’ and ‘review’, royal commissions and ‘investigations’. Those monies alone would settle the national debt.
Then there’s ASA; billions upon billions; down the Swanee and more scheduled to follow it – and for what? When they have chewed through a mere 1.6 billion for the ‘One Sky’ scam, will Qantas be able to avoid the horrendous cost associated with ‘holding’ and ‘speed reduction’ or even be able to run on time, every time. No Sir, they will not; same old, same old, but they now need to recover the cost of installing all the new equipment needed to ‘comply’. Shareholders just don’t seem to grasp that all of this must be paid for – which means a reduced dividend. Passengers don’t seem to get it, these ‘costs’ are built into their ticket price and included in their tax; double dipping.
The staggering cost of ‘aviation safety’ is one of the greatest rip-offs ever developed and nurtured. So to begin our journey to the foot of MNC, we are going to need to awaken the dragon of public opinion to clear the pathway through Sleepy Hollow. Or, find a way around it; which does not remove the problems and leaves us another item to carry; dynamite – to start an avalanche from the snow covered slopes of MNC.
We can sit here at base camp and wait for Smithy, he may have some good ideas. I hear ‘Wingnut’ is a useful man on a tough climb; when the mood moves him; perhaps it’s worth sending one of the carrier pigeons off with a polite note – asking for ideas, if not assistance. You never know the answer until you ask the question – and it may preserve the ‘Fuck-off’ spray for later.
Toot – duck – toot; that is one ugly mountain.