03-22-2017, 02:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-22-2017, 03:01 PM by thorn bird.)
Amazing the little snippets you pick up reading through a newspaper.
Little bits and pieces, totally unrelated to aviation, and as you read through them parallels keep bobbing to the front of your consciousness.
The terrible evils that has been inflicted on not just aviation, but almost every industry in Australia by rampant million dollar mandarins.
I’ve never been much for the conspiratory theorists, but one really has to wonder just what sweetheart deals have been done by these elites and their political masters?
Some would say that political donations to subvert the outcome of a safety enquiry conducted by an allegedly independent authority is corrupt.
Others would wonder just what was promised to gift a billion dollar a year tax free monopolies, with little in the way of controls, to a big bank known for its border line ethics, or with the subversion of the Airports Act and associated airport leases to development sharks.
I say, one has to wonder, because imagination is a wonderful thing and when things are occurring that make absolutely no sense and are completely illogical, its not hard to imagine rampant corruption must be driving it, a logical conclusion.
From my imagination, a completely fictitious story. The names of the characters are entirely drawn from my imagination and bear no resemblance to any person either living or dead.
It was a dark and stormy night, (all stories start out with that) the two huddled over a table in a dimly lit room, the wafting aroma of hundred dollar Cubans drifted through the air.
A decanter of single malt had been back and forwards a few times topping up the cut crystal glasses when the tall immaculately coiffured man in the thousand dollar suit leaned forward and fixed his opposite with a steely gaze, which was difficult with his dough eyes and mascara.
“These bloody aviation IOS are really giving me grief Murky. Jeez their even getting stuff into the mainstream press for god’s sake, I could lose votes if it doesn’t stop, those touchy feely press releases you keep putting out just makes it worse, now their taking the piss out everything every time I open my mouth .”
The rotund gentleman with the strange pumpkin shaped head brushed some ash off his thousand dollar suite (Savil Row) took a sip of his scotch, puffed his cigar back into life, the thought “only to change feet” crossed his mind, but he replied.
“Yaaaess minister, I agree the IOS are getting out of hand, what would you suggest we do, the aviation industry is in such a parlous state, I accept its not all your fault but there are that many skeletons in the closet if they got out we could all end up in the Clink?”
“Hey you get paid the big bucks (amount is a state secret apparently) to keep things under wraps and make us look good” the minister responded.
“Might I suggest a good news press release, something that takes the spotlight of the dire state of the aviation industry and make it look like you are actually doing something decisive”.
The minister shuddered, frowned so hard his carefully plucked eyebrows met above his nose, pondered for a few moments as the gears ground slowly through his mind.
Finally his eyes widened and a broad smile crossed his face, he said.
“Look out, a epiphany is arriving” thought his mandarin.
“Maritime, yes, been nothing much reported on that. The last lot allowed the union to run rampant which pretty much buggered it, we can have a discussion paper to run with, bugger all chance we can actually do anything so I can't make it worse besides we can blame it all on the other lot and bash the unions at the same time”.
“Wow!” reflected old pumpkin head, “he’s actually come up with not a bad idea all on his own”
Which brings me to the point:
An article in the Australian on March 21st by David Crowe,
CHESTER TESTS THE WATERS WITH BID TO CUT SHIPPING RED TAPE
Meanwhile aviation languishes on the edge of the scrap heap.
Little bits and pieces, totally unrelated to aviation, and as you read through them parallels keep bobbing to the front of your consciousness.
The terrible evils that has been inflicted on not just aviation, but almost every industry in Australia by rampant million dollar mandarins.
I’ve never been much for the conspiratory theorists, but one really has to wonder just what sweetheart deals have been done by these elites and their political masters?
Some would say that political donations to subvert the outcome of a safety enquiry conducted by an allegedly independent authority is corrupt.
Others would wonder just what was promised to gift a billion dollar a year tax free monopolies, with little in the way of controls, to a big bank known for its border line ethics, or with the subversion of the Airports Act and associated airport leases to development sharks.
I say, one has to wonder, because imagination is a wonderful thing and when things are occurring that make absolutely no sense and are completely illogical, its not hard to imagine rampant corruption must be driving it, a logical conclusion.
From my imagination, a completely fictitious story. The names of the characters are entirely drawn from my imagination and bear no resemblance to any person either living or dead.
It was a dark and stormy night, (all stories start out with that) the two huddled over a table in a dimly lit room, the wafting aroma of hundred dollar Cubans drifted through the air.
A decanter of single malt had been back and forwards a few times topping up the cut crystal glasses when the tall immaculately coiffured man in the thousand dollar suit leaned forward and fixed his opposite with a steely gaze, which was difficult with his dough eyes and mascara.
“These bloody aviation IOS are really giving me grief Murky. Jeez their even getting stuff into the mainstream press for god’s sake, I could lose votes if it doesn’t stop, those touchy feely press releases you keep putting out just makes it worse, now their taking the piss out everything every time I open my mouth .”
The rotund gentleman with the strange pumpkin shaped head brushed some ash off his thousand dollar suite (Savil Row) took a sip of his scotch, puffed his cigar back into life, the thought “only to change feet” crossed his mind, but he replied.
“Yaaaess minister, I agree the IOS are getting out of hand, what would you suggest we do, the aviation industry is in such a parlous state, I accept its not all your fault but there are that many skeletons in the closet if they got out we could all end up in the Clink?”
“Hey you get paid the big bucks (amount is a state secret apparently) to keep things under wraps and make us look good” the minister responded.
“Might I suggest a good news press release, something that takes the spotlight of the dire state of the aviation industry and make it look like you are actually doing something decisive”.
The minister shuddered, frowned so hard his carefully plucked eyebrows met above his nose, pondered for a few moments as the gears ground slowly through his mind.
Finally his eyes widened and a broad smile crossed his face, he said.
“Look out, a epiphany is arriving” thought his mandarin.
“Maritime, yes, been nothing much reported on that. The last lot allowed the union to run rampant which pretty much buggered it, we can have a discussion paper to run with, bugger all chance we can actually do anything so I can't make it worse besides we can blame it all on the other lot and bash the unions at the same time”.
“Wow!” reflected old pumpkin head, “he’s actually come up with not a bad idea all on his own”
Which brings me to the point:
An article in the Australian on March 21st by David Crowe,
CHESTER TESTS THE WATERS WITH BID TO CUT SHIPPING RED TAPE
Meanwhile aviation languishes on the edge of the scrap heap.