Slightly understated?– Just a bit.
TB - “Shedding light on the pogrom perpetrated by the regulator is not an easy task.
It is ducking mission impossible. Over the past thirty years (that's three decades in new money) how many 'inquiries' and reports have been (at great expense) made? Every single one of them damning. How many, in total, 'recommendations' have been handed down? How many of those survived beyond the printing? And that, boys and girls is only for the 'surface' stuff – the easily visible, lightweight 'fluff' and dandruff visible on the expensive lapels of the ministerial hand made suit.
TB - “The industry is fighting a very cunning and ruthless enemy, unless we band together there is very little hope of defeating them.”
There is no hope at all; well, not without two vitally essential elements being in place. A minister in concert with a DAS who mean to clean out the swamps of Sleepy Hollow; start afresh with a new Act, FAA regulations, industry people manning the rigging and closing the door firmly on the 'induced fear' being whispered. But – to do that there needs to be a change within the industry itself. It becomes a question of 'credibility' and 'liability'.
Lets say you are 'the minister' – a politician – with all the attendant personal concerns for survival. In one building there exists a body of government approved hand picked 'experts' who can, will and do almost anything protect the ministerial, and by extension, the sensitive areas of the political rump. Across the street; a self serving commercial interest; equally venal, offering no support to the politician. Indeed it houses those who will be the first to point the finger at the 'government' should there be a meltdown or a world class accident. At which door would you have the limo pull up at if you needed advice on matters aeronautical?
The 'key' (IMO) resides in the DAS office. Get the right man (or woman) into that office and watch the industry flourish once more. A 'good' Skipper, backed by a proactive, involved board, which can walk the tightrope of reform and thread the needle of repair, while soothing the fear resident in the political breast For change there must be; and soon. Industry cannot possibly progress without serious change; across the spectrum. There are some excellent working models on offer, there are even some clever honest folk who would be happy to put a shoulder to the wheel in order to extricate Australian aviation out of the swamps and mires of Sleepy Hollow. Much depends on who gets the top job - and what sort of 'team' is presented. Time will tell the fate of this woebegone industry.
Whoa; key board fever. No harm done -
Toot toot.
TB - “Shedding light on the pogrom perpetrated by the regulator is not an easy task.
It is ducking mission impossible. Over the past thirty years (that's three decades in new money) how many 'inquiries' and reports have been (at great expense) made? Every single one of them damning. How many, in total, 'recommendations' have been handed down? How many of those survived beyond the printing? And that, boys and girls is only for the 'surface' stuff – the easily visible, lightweight 'fluff' and dandruff visible on the expensive lapels of the ministerial hand made suit.
TB - “The industry is fighting a very cunning and ruthless enemy, unless we band together there is very little hope of defeating them.”
There is no hope at all; well, not without two vitally essential elements being in place. A minister in concert with a DAS who mean to clean out the swamps of Sleepy Hollow; start afresh with a new Act, FAA regulations, industry people manning the rigging and closing the door firmly on the 'induced fear' being whispered. But – to do that there needs to be a change within the industry itself. It becomes a question of 'credibility' and 'liability'.
Lets say you are 'the minister' – a politician – with all the attendant personal concerns for survival. In one building there exists a body of government approved hand picked 'experts' who can, will and do almost anything protect the ministerial, and by extension, the sensitive areas of the political rump. Across the street; a self serving commercial interest; equally venal, offering no support to the politician. Indeed it houses those who will be the first to point the finger at the 'government' should there be a meltdown or a world class accident. At which door would you have the limo pull up at if you needed advice on matters aeronautical?
The 'key' (IMO) resides in the DAS office. Get the right man (or woman) into that office and watch the industry flourish once more. A 'good' Skipper, backed by a proactive, involved board, which can walk the tightrope of reform and thread the needle of repair, while soothing the fear resident in the political breast For change there must be; and soon. Industry cannot possibly progress without serious change; across the spectrum. There are some excellent working models on offer, there are even some clever honest folk who would be happy to put a shoulder to the wheel in order to extricate Australian aviation out of the swamps and mires of Sleepy Hollow. Much depends on who gets the top job - and what sort of 'team' is presented. Time will tell the fate of this woebegone industry.
Whoa; key board fever. No harm done -
Toot toot.