Holy hell ! – Yes Senator, indeed.
One of the more intriguing documents read lately is this one – HERE – from Skidmore to the Estimates committee. It throws a shroud over some fairly nifty sleight of hand. The letter, of it's self, is self explanatory. To an inquiring mind, the rest of the 'bumf' is 'background noise' until you realise, as Skidmore must have done by now; it don't answer the question; not fully.
When you read Hansard the intent and the purpose of the question was – how come operators which are blacklisted in Europe can operate into Australia?. What was needed, by way of answer was an explanation of the differences between Australia and Europe: given that ICAO compliance in the real world is the norm, rather than the 1600 odd differences package which keeps Australia off the real compliance radar, using stealth and technical lip service.
I wonder how long ICAO will sit still, when the world is blatantly taking the Mickey out of Annexe 13. Perhaps they will start to hunt down a fat, juicy high roller for to make an example of?
Well, poor old Skidmore was lured into a velvet lined trap, foiled by smoke, dazzled by mirrors and succumbing to the oldest trap in the world – the whispered "trust me".
You know the old gag – "I'll only pop it in a little way, if you don't like it, I'll take it out; trust me".....
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One of the more intriguing documents read lately is this one – HERE – from Skidmore to the Estimates committee. It throws a shroud over some fairly nifty sleight of hand. The letter, of it's self, is self explanatory. To an inquiring mind, the rest of the 'bumf' is 'background noise' until you realise, as Skidmore must have done by now; it don't answer the question; not fully.
When you read Hansard the intent and the purpose of the question was – how come operators which are blacklisted in Europe can operate into Australia?. What was needed, by way of answer was an explanation of the differences between Australia and Europe: given that ICAO compliance in the real world is the norm, rather than the 1600 odd differences package which keeps Australia off the real compliance radar, using stealth and technical lip service.
I wonder how long ICAO will sit still, when the world is blatantly taking the Mickey out of Annexe 13. Perhaps they will start to hunt down a fat, juicy high roller for to make an example of?
Well, poor old Skidmore was lured into a velvet lined trap, foiled by smoke, dazzled by mirrors and succumbing to the oldest trap in the world – the whispered "trust me".
You know the old gag – "I'll only pop it in a little way, if you don't like it, I'll take it out; trust me".....
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