Jetson or Jettison?
Its all well and good for the miniscule to be cosseted within the protection of the Canberra bubble; well fed and watered, financial future secured and no real chance of ever facing up to, let alone admitting the results of his lacklustre tenure as 'minister for transport' lives only in a cartoon reality. Does the miniscule believe that the Jetsons really exist?
Back here on Mother Earth, the reality provides a stark contrast. A hundred or so pilots now unemployed, with little hope of gaining any sort of flying job for the next while at least. Millions in tax payer funded loans down the chute, an entire industry teetering on the brink even before the accursed Covid got loose and yet he is 'inspired' when he visits SOAR and has his picture taken.
One of the truly remarkable blunders; blind Freddy could see where SOAR was heading. However SOAR pales in comparison to the abject failure of this minister to take a hand in the Buckley debacle. There was Buckley, a fully CASA compliant concept made real; a breath of fresh air offering first class CASA pilot training, a real – deal benefit to both industry and the economy. Did our WWWW Wagga boy even break wind to assist? No Sir, he did not: he hired the RA Oz tea lady and watched Buckley, standing alone take on a monolithic bureaucracy. He has sat silent throughout the AOPA broadcasts and failed to mention the damning evidence provided to a Senate Inquiry. Yet there sits, fat, dumb and happy in a SOAR cockpit, slobbering all over the camera and being 'inspired'. (reaches for bucket).
What a stellar track record; the disgraceful performance at Wagga marking the beginning of truly dreadful stewardship, not to mention Tamworth and other notable events which earned the title of Witless Wonder. Forever noted in history as the man most likely to do sweet bugger all toward the growth and well being of an industry which should be flourishing – as it is all over the globe, except here.
This Covid thing has provided a once in lifetime opportunity to ring in the changes demanded by industry – never again will there be the time and skill needed to reform the Authority, bring in world class regulation and build a system which supports industry not the bureaucrats.
Elvis left the building a long, long time ago, the Jetsons are light years away – now is the time to jettison the dunnage and bring reality into sharp focus.
Toot – toot. HNY ya all.........
Its all well and good for the miniscule to be cosseted within the protection of the Canberra bubble; well fed and watered, financial future secured and no real chance of ever facing up to, let alone admitting the results of his lacklustre tenure as 'minister for transport' lives only in a cartoon reality. Does the miniscule believe that the Jetsons really exist?
Back here on Mother Earth, the reality provides a stark contrast. A hundred or so pilots now unemployed, with little hope of gaining any sort of flying job for the next while at least. Millions in tax payer funded loans down the chute, an entire industry teetering on the brink even before the accursed Covid got loose and yet he is 'inspired' when he visits SOAR and has his picture taken.
One of the truly remarkable blunders; blind Freddy could see where SOAR was heading. However SOAR pales in comparison to the abject failure of this minister to take a hand in the Buckley debacle. There was Buckley, a fully CASA compliant concept made real; a breath of fresh air offering first class CASA pilot training, a real – deal benefit to both industry and the economy. Did our WWWW Wagga boy even break wind to assist? No Sir, he did not: he hired the RA Oz tea lady and watched Buckley, standing alone take on a monolithic bureaucracy. He has sat silent throughout the AOPA broadcasts and failed to mention the damning evidence provided to a Senate Inquiry. Yet there sits, fat, dumb and happy in a SOAR cockpit, slobbering all over the camera and being 'inspired'. (reaches for bucket).
What a stellar track record; the disgraceful performance at Wagga marking the beginning of truly dreadful stewardship, not to mention Tamworth and other notable events which earned the title of Witless Wonder. Forever noted in history as the man most likely to do sweet bugger all toward the growth and well being of an industry which should be flourishing – as it is all over the globe, except here.
This Covid thing has provided a once in lifetime opportunity to ring in the changes demanded by industry – never again will there be the time and skill needed to reform the Authority, bring in world class regulation and build a system which supports industry not the bureaucrats.
Elvis left the building a long, long time ago, the Jetsons are light years away – now is the time to jettison the dunnage and bring reality into sharp focus.
Toot – toot. HNY ya all.........