When the dust settles –
As it always does after every major accident event life will return to normal in Sleepy Hollow. I defy anyone to refute that statement; you have a classic example in the MH 370 story. Despite all the hullabaloo, media hysterics, academic posturing, concerned government faces and money thrown into ‘inquiry’; the dust settles and tranquillity returns; until the next event. And that, boys and girls, is for a major international mystery; the disappearance of an international heavy jet, claiming hundreds of lives.
Australia has a great track record on dust settling; the pattern is easily defined. Even after a travesty such as Pel-Air the only difference was a step or two backwards, shuffle a deck chair or two, redo the report allow a little time to slip by and poof; there you are, dust free. Magic.
I happen to know where P2 is digging about; as a willing accomplice to the research. It is an interesting investigation, triggered by a very simple question; “why”? asked in relation to both CASA and ATSB behaviour during the Pel-Air and Skymaster events.
You must start at the very end and carefully work backwards to the beginning if you are to reach the undeniable, inescapable conclusion. To do this one must have a very clear picture of what each accident was – of itself.
VH- NGA was essentially a ‘simple’ accident investigation – the aircraft ran out of fuel, luck and weather at the same time. The why and the how of that occurring are simple enough to fathom. Yet it became the subject of a Senate inquiry and much more. Manning has done a splendid job, 500 odd pages worth of ‘splendid’ dust settling. The accident explained in full but completely avoiding the radical issues – like why was there a need to have anything more than a routine investigation in the first place? Why would both ATSB and CASA take such horrendous risks during the Senate inquiry? What was so important that it needed the treatment and money it got? Why?
VH-PGW was, in the way of an accident investigation, a much more complex affair; yet it was passed off with only a cursory examination; the report a neatly scripted ‘nothing to see here’ offering which, standing alone was operationally risible. The aftermath almost unbelievable; when senior counsel walk away, confounded, stating utter disbelief – you have to start wondering – why? Yet the Canley Vale dust was settled so quickly, it seems as though it never happened.
The distortion and discrepancies in both events raise many significant questions. The deep research into the background of these stories seeks the motivation for what many believe is not so much a cover up as a desperate bid to keep Australia’s ICAO ranking, while the power struggle for dominance in the South Pacific region was raging. There was much at stake and the Kiwi’s were stealing the march; much kudos, credit, power and position to play for in that game (did I mention money).
The daisy chain of supporting evidence is growing longer by the day; this is a tale of the ambitious search for individual power glory, supported by a government who could not allow the nations international ranking to be downgraded.
There is enough in the pile now for a writer of fiction to develop a ripping good yarn from. We are not interested in fiction – ‘just the facts Ma’am; just the facts.
More to follow? Indeed there is, probably about the same time as ATSB release the Pel-Air report. Will it make any difference ? I doubt it, but our consciences will be clear.
Toot – (we having fun yet P2?) – toot.
As it always does after every major accident event life will return to normal in Sleepy Hollow. I defy anyone to refute that statement; you have a classic example in the MH 370 story. Despite all the hullabaloo, media hysterics, academic posturing, concerned government faces and money thrown into ‘inquiry’; the dust settles and tranquillity returns; until the next event. And that, boys and girls, is for a major international mystery; the disappearance of an international heavy jet, claiming hundreds of lives.
Australia has a great track record on dust settling; the pattern is easily defined. Even after a travesty such as Pel-Air the only difference was a step or two backwards, shuffle a deck chair or two, redo the report allow a little time to slip by and poof; there you are, dust free. Magic.
I happen to know where P2 is digging about; as a willing accomplice to the research. It is an interesting investigation, triggered by a very simple question; “why”? asked in relation to both CASA and ATSB behaviour during the Pel-Air and Skymaster events.
You must start at the very end and carefully work backwards to the beginning if you are to reach the undeniable, inescapable conclusion. To do this one must have a very clear picture of what each accident was – of itself.
VH- NGA was essentially a ‘simple’ accident investigation – the aircraft ran out of fuel, luck and weather at the same time. The why and the how of that occurring are simple enough to fathom. Yet it became the subject of a Senate inquiry and much more. Manning has done a splendid job, 500 odd pages worth of ‘splendid’ dust settling. The accident explained in full but completely avoiding the radical issues – like why was there a need to have anything more than a routine investigation in the first place? Why would both ATSB and CASA take such horrendous risks during the Senate inquiry? What was so important that it needed the treatment and money it got? Why?
VH-PGW was, in the way of an accident investigation, a much more complex affair; yet it was passed off with only a cursory examination; the report a neatly scripted ‘nothing to see here’ offering which, standing alone was operationally risible. The aftermath almost unbelievable; when senior counsel walk away, confounded, stating utter disbelief – you have to start wondering – why? Yet the Canley Vale dust was settled so quickly, it seems as though it never happened.
The distortion and discrepancies in both events raise many significant questions. The deep research into the background of these stories seeks the motivation for what many believe is not so much a cover up as a desperate bid to keep Australia’s ICAO ranking, while the power struggle for dominance in the South Pacific region was raging. There was much at stake and the Kiwi’s were stealing the march; much kudos, credit, power and position to play for in that game (did I mention money).
The daisy chain of supporting evidence is growing longer by the day; this is a tale of the ambitious search for individual power glory, supported by a government who could not allow the nations international ranking to be downgraded.
There is enough in the pile now for a writer of fiction to develop a ripping good yarn from. We are not interested in fiction – ‘just the facts Ma’am; just the facts.
More to follow? Indeed there is, probably about the same time as ATSB release the Pel-Air report. Will it make any difference ? I doubt it, but our consciences will be clear.
Toot – (we having fun yet P2?) – toot.