08-01-2021, 07:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2021, 08:19 PM by thorn bird.)
"Schadenfreude"
noun [mass noun]
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune:
One can only assume that within the ranks of the CASA iron ring are those that thrive on Schadenfreude.
What else can explain the diabolical mess they have gotten our industry in.
I had a very scary suspicion that Spence was a seat warmer. As was the minister, she was captured by the iron ring before she even sat in the seat.
If you want to see the requiem for commercial General aviation look no further than Part 135 that will eat away from the bottom up. Part 121, which they are now enforcing for all new entries to an AOC will start the rot from the top down.
The rot meets somewhere in the middle and the end of commercial general aviation.
It was fun while it lasted, but I fear GA is finished.
There may be some consolation in that nature abhors a vacuum.
For the bottom end of GA unfortunately there's no redemption, just not enough money in it, so those in need of aviation services will just have to die on our roads or sit at home and wait for the inevitable. Maybe virtual reality and drones will give tourists that joy flight experience, then again why bother when a quick jump across the ditch to a sensible country like NZ and you can fill your boots and experience it for real.
The top end just might be a little different.
Part 121 will not impact on our established airlines at all, other than through the roof airfares, even when things return to normal, economy of scale and an airline duopoly ensures that. With no ability for GA to compete I imagine there is a chance that established airlines may see a quid in it and establish a high end charter presence. Then again across the ditch under sensible regulation NZ regulatory and maintenance overheads are way below Australia's, and of course Singapores are even less, they operate to ICAO standards. Maybe our airline fraternity will consider therefore its a bit risky, considering foreign operators are already taking a lot of work that Australian operators would be doing but for our restrictive regulation.
Its interesting that NZ is a major service centre for Boeing aircraft, In Australia our acknowledged National Airline Qantas chose to spend a fortune establishing their heavy maintenance division in the USA.
Its really tragic , Australia set so many benchmarks in the history of aviation, what could have been, thrown away because of incompetent governance.
noun [mass noun]
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune:
One can only assume that within the ranks of the CASA iron ring are those that thrive on Schadenfreude.
What else can explain the diabolical mess they have gotten our industry in.
I had a very scary suspicion that Spence was a seat warmer. As was the minister, she was captured by the iron ring before she even sat in the seat.
If you want to see the requiem for commercial General aviation look no further than Part 135 that will eat away from the bottom up. Part 121, which they are now enforcing for all new entries to an AOC will start the rot from the top down.
The rot meets somewhere in the middle and the end of commercial general aviation.
It was fun while it lasted, but I fear GA is finished.
There may be some consolation in that nature abhors a vacuum.
For the bottom end of GA unfortunately there's no redemption, just not enough money in it, so those in need of aviation services will just have to die on our roads or sit at home and wait for the inevitable. Maybe virtual reality and drones will give tourists that joy flight experience, then again why bother when a quick jump across the ditch to a sensible country like NZ and you can fill your boots and experience it for real.
The top end just might be a little different.
Part 121 will not impact on our established airlines at all, other than through the roof airfares, even when things return to normal, economy of scale and an airline duopoly ensures that. With no ability for GA to compete I imagine there is a chance that established airlines may see a quid in it and establish a high end charter presence. Then again across the ditch under sensible regulation NZ regulatory and maintenance overheads are way below Australia's, and of course Singapores are even less, they operate to ICAO standards. Maybe our airline fraternity will consider therefore its a bit risky, considering foreign operators are already taking a lot of work that Australian operators would be doing but for our restrictive regulation.
Its interesting that NZ is a major service centre for Boeing aircraft, In Australia our acknowledged National Airline Qantas chose to spend a fortune establishing their heavy maintenance division in the USA.
Its really tragic , Australia set so many benchmarks in the history of aviation, what could have been, thrown away because of incompetent governance.