As the man with the wooden leg said;
"Its a matter of a pinion".
Plenty of opinion about just now; those who have taken the time to 'read' the Ministerial directive a.k.a. the recently released SoE fall roughly into two camps and there is plenty of logical argument to support each point of view, backed up by history and results. On my tote board there is a third entrant; "Wait-a-Bit" at 4/1.
“We're eyeball to eyeball,” Secretary of State Dean Rusk whispered to National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, “and I think the other fellow just blinked.”
IMO - that quote sums up the situation exactly; who will blink first. The SoE as written supports most of the industry thinking and sets out to rectify many of the shortfalls within the existing system; jolly good, Bravo. Enter the Dragon. The way things should work (in theory) is that the Minister defines the course and the Authority tugs it's forelock and gets to work. History provides a very different answer. It has been many a long, weary year since aviation had a Minister who was prepared to 'crack the whip' and face down the insidious undermining, actually take an interest, provide the industry with the tools it needs to survive; and, take a little pride in that achievement. We can do little now but watch, wait and see who blinks first.
That is a wrap up of the BRB indaba; the cynics and sceptics stole the vote 70% - however, there was no call to dismiss the SoE out of hand, nor was there much in the way of criticism for the new PMO; which is significant. When one adds the touted changes to medicals and the process, along with the SoE - even the most hardened sceptics agreed that 'change' for the better would be a very welcome thing. Once again, we finish back where we started - in the lap of the gods.
Aye well; at least January is close to it's end - least favourite month of the year, just seems to drag on forever. Best get moving - DT has left a list on the workbench, take me longer to get the tools out than to get it done - "needs must when the Devil drives" eh. .
Selah.
"Its a matter of a pinion".
Plenty of opinion about just now; those who have taken the time to 'read' the Ministerial directive a.k.a. the recently released SoE fall roughly into two camps and there is plenty of logical argument to support each point of view, backed up by history and results. On my tote board there is a third entrant; "Wait-a-Bit" at 4/1.
“We're eyeball to eyeball,” Secretary of State Dean Rusk whispered to National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, “and I think the other fellow just blinked.”
IMO - that quote sums up the situation exactly; who will blink first. The SoE as written supports most of the industry thinking and sets out to rectify many of the shortfalls within the existing system; jolly good, Bravo. Enter the Dragon. The way things should work (in theory) is that the Minister defines the course and the Authority tugs it's forelock and gets to work. History provides a very different answer. It has been many a long, weary year since aviation had a Minister who was prepared to 'crack the whip' and face down the insidious undermining, actually take an interest, provide the industry with the tools it needs to survive; and, take a little pride in that achievement. We can do little now but watch, wait and see who blinks first.
That is a wrap up of the BRB indaba; the cynics and sceptics stole the vote 70% - however, there was no call to dismiss the SoE out of hand, nor was there much in the way of criticism for the new PMO; which is significant. When one adds the touted changes to medicals and the process, along with the SoE - even the most hardened sceptics agreed that 'change' for the better would be a very welcome thing. Once again, we finish back where we started - in the lap of the gods.
Aye well; at least January is close to it's end - least favourite month of the year, just seems to drag on forever. Best get moving - DT has left a list on the workbench, take me longer to get the tools out than to get it done - "needs must when the Devil drives" eh. .
Selah.