[Gobbledock]

Lest we aviators forget?

A provocative heading but one that I feel pertinent if you can follow my thought trail.

So the answer to this question still needs to be answered; will the appointment of Wingnut back into Murky's department aid or abeit our industry?

There still remains a grey cloud above Carmodys head (and giant ears) that stems back to the LHR accident. We can never forget that 15 lives and a Metro were lost on that fateful day. Carmody IMHO told some porkies, as did many other Casamites. So is the appointment of Wingnut into Team Pumpkin Head a good thing or a bad thing, 8 years after leaving Fort Fumble? Have the ghosts of LHR been put to bed? Has the smoke cleared from the burning Metro yet? I hardly think so. Too many questions remain unanswered and all facets of justice have yet to be met. Maybe it won't happen in my lifetime, maybe ultimate justice will be up to the Ferryman to dish up on the day that he takes those particular guests down the Styx River? Who knows. One thing is for certain - the very astute and long suffering Shane Urquhart's thoughts about Wingnut are well worth remembering.

I find it ironic that today we remember and honor fallen ANZAC's, yet in another breath the Australian government can so disgustingly forget, cover-up and obsfucate truth and justice for at least 80 plus people in commercial accidents, and then some. My Grandfather was an ANZAC and he died for this country for one reason - the promulgation of democracy and justice. How he would turn in his grave today to see how that sacrifice has been forgotten and discarded for countless Australians who have died in aviation accidents in this country, or lost their livelihoods and businesses, or been the victims of Government malfeasance and bullying?

So yes, today, we remember fallen troops, and rightly so. But let's not forget other lives that have been lost, lost under different circumstances, however lost due to similar reasons -  the incompetent actions of a ruling Government(s). 

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