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Australia Day - Aviation WOFTAM awards -  

Of vomit filled buckets and candidates for the Styx River RPT ferry service

There is so much nauseating material in your latest post P2 that I am overwhelmed with fury. My top 3 contenders for the 'F#ck you all, I'm a government employed worm award' are;

1. Hoody; Now that the S.S FugYou has departed the big seas and headed for home, worm number 1 turns around and not only says he believes the aircraft is in the area they conveniently and purposefully wouldn't search, he says;

"Asked why the ATSB wouldn’t expand the search area further north, he said “That’s a question for the governments.”

Earth to Toga boy - you are the Government. Doesn't the dopey Chester say he takes advice from his departments? Who is he listening to then, the ATsB head office night janitor?

2. The Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr Ima Dirtbag; Of course this egotistical parasite has put the kibosh on any reward. That money belongs in his pocket! Must protect the countries already shit reputation at all costs and protect the national carrier! Shonk.

3. Our Minister for Bryl Cream, Dollyboy Chester; you spineless pile of manure. Trotting off to Perth (more wasted taxpayer money), to greet the returning crew. How wonderfully nice of you. Maybe some of them will tell you what a waste of time it was for them out in the middle of the ocean, seasick and vomiting and having to spend weeks tossing off over old New Idea magazines while they fruitlessly searched the WRONG EFFING AREA!

This whole shambolic mess has to be the biggest slap in the face to intelligent human beings. And the aforementioned charlatans have earned front row seats on the Styx River Queen. Toot Toot coming for you soon boys Toot Toot.

P_666

GD once again colourfully & succinctly hits the nail fair, square on the head...

However it should also be pointed out that for our miniscule 4D the "A"-word aberrations do not end with the 'shambolic mess' of MH370...

Which brings me to the point of my post, I would like to put forward 4D as a nominee consideration for the inaugural Australia Day Aviation WOFTAM awards...

Okay so besides the miniscule's non-performance on the MH370 front, we also have a story currently running hot on the CASA boards that should be included as one of the more serious non-achievements of our immaculately groomed and coiffured miniscule.

Here is a summary so far off a recent PAIN email chain...  

I am afraid it is not all brouhaha & patriotic fervor from Aunty Pru on this Australia Day...

Yesterday it was reported on, in various media outlets, a disturbing aviation criminal case that has led to the the arrest of a QLD Pilot/Operator:

...The complaint triggered investigation Oscar-Demotic which was completed on Tuesday when police arrested a 31-year-old charter operator. 

The operator based at Mount Isa Airport has been charged with 342 offences from 14 sections of Queensland and Commonwealth legislation. 

These charges include tampering with airplanes, unlicensed flying, and dangerous operation of a vehicle.

Detective Inspector Hodgman said these offences had nothing to do with commercial airlines. 

Police would not identify the man who is scheduled to appear in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court at 2pm, Wednesday, or even to confirm the name of the accused is Josh Hoch, published elsewhere. 

Police are opposing bail due to the “serious nature of offences”. 

“As soon as we found out about the offence we put methodologies in place to make sure the safety of the public was not compromised,” Detective Inspector Hodgman said. 

The story The operation against a 31-year-old charter operator  | V

Then overnight the Townsville Bulletin obviously contacted Dick Smith and subsequently ran another article with this headline - Entrepreneur Dick Smith blasts CASA after it holds back on any commitment to internal review which can be read in this AP post:
Comardy Capers:  Fort Fumble in hypocritical, duplicitous disarray

THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority has been plunged into chaos, labelled as “dysfunctional” in the wake of claims it knew about concerns over Mount Isa pilot Josh Hoch as early as 2013.

Lawyer Michael Spear told a court at Mr Hoch’s bail appearance that CASA had known about conduct related to the 342 charges police had laid.

“(The flights) have happened since 2013, CASA has known about these flights since 2013,” he said.

“Now if CASA had any concern about a pilot it can invoke provisions of section 30DC of the Civil Aviation Act instantly grounding a pilot if there is a serious and imminent risk to air safety.

“Now CASA has not done so, despite knowing of the allegations for months, these started back in October (2016) and certainly those charges from back in 2013.

“CASA conducted an audit for Mr Hoch and his company and reissued his AOC (Air Operators Certificate) earlier last year.

“If CASA hasn’t grounded him, they don’t consider him to be a serious risk to the public and I would submit that CASA would be far more cognisant of safety in aviation than the police service.”

Which somewhat inevitably prompted Kharon to write this:

Now may we have an open inquiry?– Please.

We called a no confidence on CASA back in 2012. We have suffered through a Senate inquiry and the Forsyth inquiry and had any hopes of CASA reform dashed, obfuscated and cynically manipulated. Result: Mt Isa.  Clearly visible in the difference between the police case work and the CASA no work in the Mt Isa case.  The Qld police may rightfully claim all the credit and kudos. Had CASA been the prime mover, then they would be the first to crow and beat their chests, the incumbent minister leading the chorus. Ineffectual does not cover the gap, neither does ‘unfortunate’; neither does claiming to help, after the fact.

The reasons for the ongoing lack of confidence, faith and trust are as simple and clear now as when they first emerged.  The case of the Guinea Pigs was, though no longer, a perfect opportunity for CASA to recover at least some of their credibility and reputation.  There can be no serious reform or sensible action taken in a case like the Mt Isa debacle which would not produce a cynical response from industry. The Qld police investigation would be viewed ‘straight’ and carry the credibility of a ‘true’ impartial (just the facts) investigation. Had CASA done it – very few would believe it, any of it – in fact, many would say and support the notion that it was just another ‘fit up’.

Why? Well it has in the past been a rigged game, so often, played so many times that it is perfectly natural to assume CASA were ‘under orders’ to nail, at any price an operator or a person.

Why? Well, the GP3 case presents evidence, untested to be sure, but nonetheless supporting claims of ‘embuggerance’. Until this type of complaint is examined – properly – and corrective action taken – publicly, then there is no hope of probity in any CASA investigation, let alone the presentation of ‘facts and circumstances’, the ‘hay-stacking’ and the willingness to swear, under oath to calumny. Simply put – very few would believe a single word CASA said; that’s why.

How could ‘we’, the industry rely on CASA to investigate the Mt Isa case in a fair and impartial manner while their track record is less than adequate, their probity questionable and their motives beneath contempt. Until CASA is prepared to take a very long, very hard look at their past actions and address those issues, openly, honestly and publicly, there can be no trust. Must we now rely solely on the police services to investigate. It has reached a point where industry needs to rely, very heavily, on the RAT Senators to mount a general inquiry, with public submissions into the actions and behaviour of what is laughingly referred to as ‘the’ Civil Aviation Safety Authority’.    

The list is long Senators, the CASA defences are strong – and they have been dodging ‘official’ bullets for a long, long while now. When a thing like the Forsyth report is passed off as ‘an opinion’ it is time for some serious accounting. I believe the results of that accounting will shock even the well informed RAT committee; as it has many ‘independent’ public figures.  

That the management of ‘matters aeronautical’ can be left in the hands of a deeply flawed operation, like the CASA will, soon or late, become a matter of national interest. The ramifications of prevarication will tarnish any government which had many an opportunity to act in the public interest, but failed to do so.

Selah.

    

Blind Freddy could join the dots to the miniscule on that one...

Now I am sure there are many more examples of the miniscule's non-performance and obfuscation of his responsibilities to the "A"-word, so feel free to contribute; or if you prefer put forward your own nominee for the inaugural Australia Day Aviation Awards ...


MTF...P2