Poker - with a marked deck; anyone?
Or, Russian Roulette with five loaded chambers; or, rolling loaded dice; a hiding to nothing is the inevitable result. P2's dots clearly define the rigged game. The art of a rigged game is to convince the 'mark' that there is a chance of winning. Great effort goes into presenting a honest, straight game. Should the Patsy suspect that this is a con game, then that effort and the profit disappears like smoke in the breeze. This where the 'dots' lead us.
McCormack's merry band of shysters are busily setting the stage; there's been too much ruckus to ignore completely; so. It has to look good. It must convince the mug punter that there is a sporting chance of a win. A long con game, rather than the usual blatant daylight robbery.
The 'Dot's' only beg answers to two questions; who has the power to make the changes? And; to whom will the minister listen?
At the end of the shift, despite the hundreds of factual, articulate submissions, to countless Senate Inquiry, the millions spent, the clear distress the aviation industry is in, the window dressing crew will win. The noisy rabble barking at the gates can be ignored as, on paper, there has been a 'consultative' process, two hand picked ministerial 'expert' panels and the sage advice of the three 'safety' agencies to rely on. With his hand on his miserable black heart; this putrid minister can say - “we consulted, listened and have decided the best course is". Etc. (Fill in the obvious answer). One last question:- - can you imagine, in your wildest dreams, the WWWW from Wagga admitting “It's a bloody expensive shambles and I intend to make extensive, serious changes to the way we, in Australia, manage our aviation industry”.
No – didn't think so. All the dots lead to the ministerial office – if you want change start there. Find someone who can see the savings and efficiencies of world standards across the aviation spectrum; someone who will clean out the self serving advice which defends the indefensible. For that is what we have when we join the dots; lots of folk scurrying about, try to convince the punters that this pantomime is the real deal. Smoke, mirrors and bullshit will not regenerate aviation commerce or improve safety.
Toot – toot...
Or, Russian Roulette with five loaded chambers; or, rolling loaded dice; a hiding to nothing is the inevitable result. P2's dots clearly define the rigged game. The art of a rigged game is to convince the 'mark' that there is a chance of winning. Great effort goes into presenting a honest, straight game. Should the Patsy suspect that this is a con game, then that effort and the profit disappears like smoke in the breeze. This where the 'dots' lead us.
McCormack's merry band of shysters are busily setting the stage; there's been too much ruckus to ignore completely; so. It has to look good. It must convince the mug punter that there is a sporting chance of a win. A long con game, rather than the usual blatant daylight robbery.
The 'Dot's' only beg answers to two questions; who has the power to make the changes? And; to whom will the minister listen?
At the end of the shift, despite the hundreds of factual, articulate submissions, to countless Senate Inquiry, the millions spent, the clear distress the aviation industry is in, the window dressing crew will win. The noisy rabble barking at the gates can be ignored as, on paper, there has been a 'consultative' process, two hand picked ministerial 'expert' panels and the sage advice of the three 'safety' agencies to rely on. With his hand on his miserable black heart; this putrid minister can say - “we consulted, listened and have decided the best course is". Etc. (Fill in the obvious answer). One last question:- - can you imagine, in your wildest dreams, the WWWW from Wagga admitting “It's a bloody expensive shambles and I intend to make extensive, serious changes to the way we, in Australia, manage our aviation industry”.
No – didn't think so. All the dots lead to the ministerial office – if you want change start there. Find someone who can see the savings and efficiencies of world standards across the aviation spectrum; someone who will clean out the self serving advice which defends the indefensible. For that is what we have when we join the dots; lots of folk scurrying about, try to convince the punters that this pantomime is the real deal. Smoke, mirrors and bullshit will not regenerate aviation commerce or improve safety.
Toot – toot...