A fair call -
"The Secretary told me to take it up with the committee.."
Spot on - over the years we have always had unstinting helpful advice from the Secretariat; within the limits of their remit. McInally continued the good work, there's not many who would pick up the phone to respond to 'inquiry' - it typifies the good working attitude of those who toil within 'the system' taking the time to explain the way things are.
P2 WROTE - "To say the tone of the guy was somewhat 'terse' is an understatement but I gather, from his responses to my queries, that his antagonism was derived from 'rumours floating around' (he mentioned Oz Flying) that the Secretariat was responsible for both blocking the Pip Spence correspondence to the Chair and the rejection of the Angel Flight supplementary submission:-
"The Secretary insisted that these were all committee decisions and nothing to do with the Secretariat."
Spot on again - quite right too. But, the statement made starts to underscore a developing line of thought related to the intent and purpose of the McDolittle line of 'investigation' (for wont of better). Essentially, the developing argument questions the value - it has taken a long time to get nowhere let alone produce anything of a practical or intrinsic worth to the non airline sector of aviation business.
There is growing support for the notion that if McDolittle knocked off today and never produced any form of 'report' it would make no difference to anyone. Credibility of the inquiry is in tatters, results so far dismal and interest may be classified as descending toward the 'passing' variety. Except for a minority - those who believe there should be an 'inquiry' into the McDolittle inquiry.
Toot - toot.
"The Secretary told me to take it up with the committee.."
Spot on - over the years we have always had unstinting helpful advice from the Secretariat; within the limits of their remit. McInally continued the good work, there's not many who would pick up the phone to respond to 'inquiry' - it typifies the good working attitude of those who toil within 'the system' taking the time to explain the way things are.
P2 WROTE - "To say the tone of the guy was somewhat 'terse' is an understatement but I gather, from his responses to my queries, that his antagonism was derived from 'rumours floating around' (he mentioned Oz Flying) that the Secretariat was responsible for both blocking the Pip Spence correspondence to the Chair and the rejection of the Angel Flight supplementary submission:-
"The Secretary insisted that these were all committee decisions and nothing to do with the Secretariat."
Spot on again - quite right too. But, the statement made starts to underscore a developing line of thought related to the intent and purpose of the McDolittle line of 'investigation' (for wont of better). Essentially, the developing argument questions the value - it has taken a long time to get nowhere let alone produce anything of a practical or intrinsic worth to the non airline sector of aviation business.
There is growing support for the notion that if McDolittle knocked off today and never produced any form of 'report' it would make no difference to anyone. Credibility of the inquiry is in tatters, results so far dismal and interest may be classified as descending toward the 'passing' variety. Except for a minority - those who believe there should be an 'inquiry' into the McDolittle inquiry.
Toot - toot.