Over a beer.
Hitch - “When the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet was pressed on whether they were prepared to take on the DAS over aviation safety in order to pursue their deregulation agenda, things got sort of quiet. And they are still quiet. If successive Directors had supported some level of deregulation, they could have done it by now without the need for parliamentary intervention. Interference by politicians is always a gimmee in the house for the opposition, so an invitation to the great deregulation ball is unlikely to be extended to us.”
Agreed. Unlikely indeed; closer to impossible; but, I reckon keep your party frock handy. Only an inkling – a faint smell on the breeze; but, if the 'heavy' mob take a hand and 'convince' the new DAS that reform is essential – and 'they' can exert that much influence, then perhaps there may be a dim light at the end of a long dark tunnel. Simple enough for them to do. PM&C - “want the job?” Candidate “Oh, yes please”. PM&C - “then you will, with adult assistance, bring in the reforms won't you; or, will we take the management back to the department and the minister? Two options no choices.
IMO if the 'real' management see a need for an overhaul – then it will happen. If they don't, then I reckon we're all buggered. And when it becomes clear that the bloody dreadful regulations lay at the roots of a decimated industry; someone will get the message and simply bring in the NZ or USA rules, provide government loans and hope that there is still enough interest in revitalising an essential industry. That will still leave a lot of new airports to build – or demolition crews needed to undo the property developers rapine of a national asset.
Time will tell and there ain't a lot of it left to count down to zero hour. Tick, tick, tock goes the industry clock.
Sandy - “Until there’s real action by Parliament there’s little hope of worthwhile reform. With more than a modicum of luck we may just find a new CEO with a brain and a conscience who could make a difference in the short term, but without a different model with Ministerial and Parliamentary control then the long term prospects for GA are very poor.”
Nice one – but it's your shout Hitch.
Hitch - “When the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet was pressed on whether they were prepared to take on the DAS over aviation safety in order to pursue their deregulation agenda, things got sort of quiet. And they are still quiet. If successive Directors had supported some level of deregulation, they could have done it by now without the need for parliamentary intervention. Interference by politicians is always a gimmee in the house for the opposition, so an invitation to the great deregulation ball is unlikely to be extended to us.”
Agreed. Unlikely indeed; closer to impossible; but, I reckon keep your party frock handy. Only an inkling – a faint smell on the breeze; but, if the 'heavy' mob take a hand and 'convince' the new DAS that reform is essential – and 'they' can exert that much influence, then perhaps there may be a dim light at the end of a long dark tunnel. Simple enough for them to do. PM&C - “want the job?” Candidate “Oh, yes please”. PM&C - “then you will, with adult assistance, bring in the reforms won't you; or, will we take the management back to the department and the minister? Two options no choices.
IMO if the 'real' management see a need for an overhaul – then it will happen. If they don't, then I reckon we're all buggered. And when it becomes clear that the bloody dreadful regulations lay at the roots of a decimated industry; someone will get the message and simply bring in the NZ or USA rules, provide government loans and hope that there is still enough interest in revitalising an essential industry. That will still leave a lot of new airports to build – or demolition crews needed to undo the property developers rapine of a national asset.
Time will tell and there ain't a lot of it left to count down to zero hour. Tick, tick, tock goes the industry clock.
Sandy - “Until there’s real action by Parliament there’s little hope of worthwhile reform. With more than a modicum of luck we may just find a new CEO with a brain and a conscience who could make a difference in the short term, but without a different model with Ministerial and Parliamentary control then the long term prospects for GA are very poor.”
Nice one – but it's your shout Hitch.