A thoroughly Pickwickian conjunction.
Occasionally (once in a while) 'heavenly bodies' get 'close' and 'interact' on a stellar scale; this is called a 'conjunction'. However; every now and again, two or more actually collide; the results are phenomenal. The size, scale and ramifications of these 'conjunctions' are almost beyond human ability to imagine; let alone qualify or quantify; and thus, 'put-in-a-box'. So much for astronomical conjunctions and collisions: but what of the more earthly ones. When three very large, very expensive, very 'self interested' bodies are on a clearly defined collision course? What then? Fallout is a given, but where will that mess land and what form will it morph into? Aye, tis a puzzle right enough and someone will need to follow the Lord Mayors parade with a dung cart to scrape up not only the 'fallen', but those who waited patiently at the bus stop only to be pushed under it as it thundered by. And what a bus service it is.
I expect by now you could be forgiven wondering what the fool is rambling on about. Wonder no more; take a serious look at not only the unassailable evidence, the present day facts and documented, tangible, credible, completely ignored history. There were only ever two possible outcomes: complete reform of system and compliance with ICAO; or the absolute 'bugger's muddle' the tax payer is stuck with today along with the huge bill for the cluster of ducks a once thriving industry is saddled with - today (now - now in real time). First world Air Traffic service"- No. then Top notch accident investigation and changes aimed at prevention? No. Well then surely the 'safety watch-dogs' are on to it all and sorting it out (tout de suite}? No. Well what then?
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
And that is what we are awash with; and it is obscuring the cold hard facts. There is an imminent collision of our 'heavenly' safety entities. Inevitable. The 'bitch-slapping' and the 'he said - she said' combined with the total focus on self preservation, alongside self glorification, all aimed at convincing government who really just don't want to know' that the present cast of crew of the aviation safety pantomime are hopelessly trapped, deep within a 'Grimpen Mire' entirely of their own construction. The ticking clock has been started by the squirming, condescending, purblind (and wool blind) 'Each-Way Betts'. Exposing the flip-flop willingness of Popinjay to 'save the Roo' (always with a camera handy). The Pup Spence dog fart reaction to Popinjay daring to throw clarts and highlighting the total lack of control the free-bee 'joy-flight' (with {ahem} celebrities') CEO has over the operation she is paid $1,000, 000 of tax and industry money to manage. With Broome and all that entails live, kicking and ignored. Spare me.. It can only get worse and the 'conjunction' could, very easily end in a collision. But, no matter, it won't be very long before not only flight crew but airline management 'pick up sticks' and start hunting for the lunatic running the asylum the air traffic services have become. Just in case you have no idea what a mid air 'conjunction' means, in bonny pictures - Watch again:-
Non of this is remotely anything like a 'new' phenomenon. Quite the opposite in fact; industry analysts, professional flight managers; qualified experts and a handful of very 'savvy' folk in the political world have been 'trying' to penetrate the veil of what is tantamount to, in the opinion of many, a deliberate deception relating to avoiding adopting (selfishly IMO) - world best practice. One can only hope that somewhere, sometime in the future; there is a minister and a 'will' to bring to a full stop the existing system and end it's detrimental effects on the prosperity, safety and function of 'safe' aviation in this wide brown land. 'Accidents' especially those which were totally and completely preventable cannot be allowed to continue on the repetitive scale we see today. The Broome event was an anathema; a picture post card of a failed system; add multiple mid-air events; and, the most popular way of departing this life - VFR into IMC. This particular statistic always makes me wonder 'WTD' are we playing at. Angel Flight 'done and dusted' on a placebo 'statistical' ATSB analysis (plus a classic Aleck/ Commode load of bollocks' in support) ; but the rest of the nation's VFR pilot deaths in IMC goes by without an ATSB fart in 'forecast' let alone an 'analysis' based on mythical assumption. - BOLLOCKS!
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”
Try to find a coffee and a half hour to read and consider 'all' that P2 has pieced together; you can find it - HERE - and more in the 'Blog' library; all there. End of rant..But, this ain't over. The BRB have been 'summoned' to an indaba; the sole topic, for as long as required will be the increase of VFR pilots entering IMC. The intent to provide a sensible, realistic range of option to reduce the entirely preventable body count. Legislation and 'black letter' margins fail, utterly, anywhere but a court room to reduce this number. We can begin by declaiming ' LOUD and LONG that there is no such animal or excuse or 'bias; contained within the opening argument of 'INADVERTANT". That children is 'moon-shine' of the finest quality; perhaps we shall start with that neat little 'cop-out'. It is, by law, a criminal act; malice aforethought - i.e. they meant to do it and paid the price; in cash, no bullshit.
"Deliberate avoidance of common sense has no cure.”
Aye well; best crack on, I've a roof to pitch and put on next week; something called 'cathedral' all exposed this and that; the trusty mitre saw has a new blade installed; I was amazed at the prices for such a basic necessity; all the tools seem have risen into the realm of 'made with gold' trim. My old hammer has almost 150 years of operational use; 24 oz in old money and the existing original handle (first one) gave up the ghost last week. Replacement cost $11.00 at Bunnings; that is what I call a bargain. Not Hickory of course, but, Google came to the rescue (again) and I made a new friend in the US of A who has dispatched a made to length one in old wood. Can't wait to fit that; but, the Bunnings one does the job quite nicely. Dinner smells great, fine evening, and an early finish for once. Time for an Ale or, even possibly two.
Selah......
Occasionally (once in a while) 'heavenly bodies' get 'close' and 'interact' on a stellar scale; this is called a 'conjunction'. However; every now and again, two or more actually collide; the results are phenomenal. The size, scale and ramifications of these 'conjunctions' are almost beyond human ability to imagine; let alone qualify or quantify; and thus, 'put-in-a-box'. So much for astronomical conjunctions and collisions: but what of the more earthly ones. When three very large, very expensive, very 'self interested' bodies are on a clearly defined collision course? What then? Fallout is a given, but where will that mess land and what form will it morph into? Aye, tis a puzzle right enough and someone will need to follow the Lord Mayors parade with a dung cart to scrape up not only the 'fallen', but those who waited patiently at the bus stop only to be pushed under it as it thundered by. And what a bus service it is.
I expect by now you could be forgiven wondering what the fool is rambling on about. Wonder no more; take a serious look at not only the unassailable evidence, the present day facts and documented, tangible, credible, completely ignored history. There were only ever two possible outcomes: complete reform of system and compliance with ICAO; or the absolute 'bugger's muddle' the tax payer is stuck with today along with the huge bill for the cluster of ducks a once thriving industry is saddled with - today (now - now in real time). First world Air Traffic service"- No. then Top notch accident investigation and changes aimed at prevention? No. Well then surely the 'safety watch-dogs' are on to it all and sorting it out (tout de suite}? No. Well what then?
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
And that is what we are awash with; and it is obscuring the cold hard facts. There is an imminent collision of our 'heavenly' safety entities. Inevitable. The 'bitch-slapping' and the 'he said - she said' combined with the total focus on self preservation, alongside self glorification, all aimed at convincing government who really just don't want to know' that the present cast of crew of the aviation safety pantomime are hopelessly trapped, deep within a 'Grimpen Mire' entirely of their own construction. The ticking clock has been started by the squirming, condescending, purblind (and wool blind) 'Each-Way Betts'. Exposing the flip-flop willingness of Popinjay to 'save the Roo' (always with a camera handy). The Pup Spence dog fart reaction to Popinjay daring to throw clarts and highlighting the total lack of control the free-bee 'joy-flight' (with {ahem} celebrities') CEO has over the operation she is paid $1,000, 000 of tax and industry money to manage. With Broome and all that entails live, kicking and ignored. Spare me.. It can only get worse and the 'conjunction' could, very easily end in a collision. But, no matter, it won't be very long before not only flight crew but airline management 'pick up sticks' and start hunting for the lunatic running the asylum the air traffic services have become. Just in case you have no idea what a mid air 'conjunction' means, in bonny pictures - Watch again:-
Non of this is remotely anything like a 'new' phenomenon. Quite the opposite in fact; industry analysts, professional flight managers; qualified experts and a handful of very 'savvy' folk in the political world have been 'trying' to penetrate the veil of what is tantamount to, in the opinion of many, a deliberate deception relating to avoiding adopting (selfishly IMO) - world best practice. One can only hope that somewhere, sometime in the future; there is a minister and a 'will' to bring to a full stop the existing system and end it's detrimental effects on the prosperity, safety and function of 'safe' aviation in this wide brown land. 'Accidents' especially those which were totally and completely preventable cannot be allowed to continue on the repetitive scale we see today. The Broome event was an anathema; a picture post card of a failed system; add multiple mid-air events; and, the most popular way of departing this life - VFR into IMC. This particular statistic always makes me wonder 'WTD' are we playing at. Angel Flight 'done and dusted' on a placebo 'statistical' ATSB analysis (plus a classic Aleck/ Commode load of bollocks' in support) ; but the rest of the nation's VFR pilot deaths in IMC goes by without an ATSB fart in 'forecast' let alone an 'analysis' based on mythical assumption. - BOLLOCKS!
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”
Try to find a coffee and a half hour to read and consider 'all' that P2 has pieced together; you can find it - HERE - and more in the 'Blog' library; all there. End of rant..But, this ain't over. The BRB have been 'summoned' to an indaba; the sole topic, for as long as required will be the increase of VFR pilots entering IMC. The intent to provide a sensible, realistic range of option to reduce the entirely preventable body count. Legislation and 'black letter' margins fail, utterly, anywhere but a court room to reduce this number. We can begin by declaiming ' LOUD and LONG that there is no such animal or excuse or 'bias; contained within the opening argument of 'INADVERTANT". That children is 'moon-shine' of the finest quality; perhaps we shall start with that neat little 'cop-out'. It is, by law, a criminal act; malice aforethought - i.e. they meant to do it and paid the price; in cash, no bullshit.
"Deliberate avoidance of common sense has no cure.”
Aye well; best crack on, I've a roof to pitch and put on next week; something called 'cathedral' all exposed this and that; the trusty mitre saw has a new blade installed; I was amazed at the prices for such a basic necessity; all the tools seem have risen into the realm of 'made with gold' trim. My old hammer has almost 150 years of operational use; 24 oz in old money and the existing original handle (first one) gave up the ghost last week. Replacement cost $11.00 at Bunnings; that is what I call a bargain. Not Hickory of course, but, Google came to the rescue (again) and I made a new friend in the US of A who has dispatched a made to length one in old wood. Can't wait to fit that; but, the Bunnings one does the job quite nicely. Dinner smells great, fine evening, and an early finish for once. Time for an Ale or, even possibly two.
Selah......