Of short planks and long drops.
It comes as no great surprise that a minister is a thick as the two proverbial short planks. It is also fair to say that no one is the ‘master’ of all subjects or disciplines; good advice is the key word here. Without sound advice, if you are a journeyman or even a master of any craft, you are buggered. In aviation we rely heavily on ‘sound advice’; from the Met department, from the ATCO, from the engineers, from the FO, from ground crew, even from the humble ‘honey cart’ driver – ‘accident’ if you will, is the savage beast kept at bay by a long, strong chain, the links made from ‘sound’, reliable advice.
GD – “Then Chester says he has 'spoken to Sir Anus and Harfwit and has received assurances'. WTF! And you believe their empty words Darren? You really are a bigger tosspot than first thought.”
This is a classic – That DDDD has NFI is clear as crystal; furry muff. Provided he receives the ‘good oil’ from a reliable source, then, with a bit of luck, things should stay in shape and proper decisions, made against good advice and sound counsel should keep him out of the really deep, smelly end of the swamp. Clearly his pet ‘advisor’ on matters aeronautical needs the bullet, the minister has been in the shite since day one and keeps heading off in the wrong direction, deeper into the mire – only one reason for that. Whoever is whispering in the miniscule ear has a lesser grip on reality than the minister. Thing got me stumped is why does he persist following the wrong directions? Just fire the useless sod. It’s not as though ‘help’ and guidance is not fully and freely available to the miniscule.
The ‘miniscule’ could take advice from the good Rev: or, the inestimable Cannane; or the erudite Hurst; or the grand master Davis; or the peerless Mike Smith. There are at least another 100 good, wise heads which can; and, probably would (for free), asked nicely, assist our lost sheep to a safe haven. But no, the silly sod is attracted to lounge lizards, hairdressers, career bureaucrats and the like. To me, this demonstrates only shallow self interest; and, an altruistic interest in an easy passage to more popularity; with the local ‘dance with the stars’, cruise boat crowd. Which is probably as far as his self interest runs.
GD – “THERE ARE SOME VERY SERIOUS AVIATION ISSUES.”
True enough – and if this fool continues to listen to his hairdresser and tailor, rather than ‘experts’ it is only a question of time before these matters become a national disgrace, an embarrassing disaster, which will reflect badly on the government who lost their village idiot.
Toot toot.
It comes as no great surprise that a minister is a thick as the two proverbial short planks. It is also fair to say that no one is the ‘master’ of all subjects or disciplines; good advice is the key word here. Without sound advice, if you are a journeyman or even a master of any craft, you are buggered. In aviation we rely heavily on ‘sound advice’; from the Met department, from the ATCO, from the engineers, from the FO, from ground crew, even from the humble ‘honey cart’ driver – ‘accident’ if you will, is the savage beast kept at bay by a long, strong chain, the links made from ‘sound’, reliable advice.
GD – “Then Chester says he has 'spoken to Sir Anus and Harfwit and has received assurances'. WTF! And you believe their empty words Darren? You really are a bigger tosspot than first thought.”
This is a classic – That DDDD has NFI is clear as crystal; furry muff. Provided he receives the ‘good oil’ from a reliable source, then, with a bit of luck, things should stay in shape and proper decisions, made against good advice and sound counsel should keep him out of the really deep, smelly end of the swamp. Clearly his pet ‘advisor’ on matters aeronautical needs the bullet, the minister has been in the shite since day one and keeps heading off in the wrong direction, deeper into the mire – only one reason for that. Whoever is whispering in the miniscule ear has a lesser grip on reality than the minister. Thing got me stumped is why does he persist following the wrong directions? Just fire the useless sod. It’s not as though ‘help’ and guidance is not fully and freely available to the miniscule.
The ‘miniscule’ could take advice from the good Rev: or, the inestimable Cannane; or the erudite Hurst; or the grand master Davis; or the peerless Mike Smith. There are at least another 100 good, wise heads which can; and, probably would (for free), asked nicely, assist our lost sheep to a safe haven. But no, the silly sod is attracted to lounge lizards, hairdressers, career bureaucrats and the like. To me, this demonstrates only shallow self interest; and, an altruistic interest in an easy passage to more popularity; with the local ‘dance with the stars’, cruise boat crowd. Which is probably as far as his self interest runs.
GD – “THERE ARE SOME VERY SERIOUS AVIATION ISSUES.”
True enough – and if this fool continues to listen to his hairdresser and tailor, rather than ‘experts’ it is only a question of time before these matters become a national disgrace, an embarrassing disaster, which will reflect badly on the government who lost their village idiot.
Toot toot.