Inbred, ingrained and incorrigible.
Well caught P2: and, in a honest world, you’d have to say well done Carmody. But is his preface indicative of the inbred, professional bureaucratic mind set which ensures the back door is always well and truly open – the exit signs clearly marked? The opening stanza more less screams ‘exit here’.
"As a Commonwealth government authority, CASA must ensure that the decisions we make, and the processes by which we make them, are effective, efficient, fair, timely, transparent, properly documented and otherwise comply with the requirements of the law."
It depends how you read it and which glasses you use to assist; the Rose coloured ones or the far seeing clear vision type. The deeply ingrained notion that CASA is in fact above the law and way beyond any form of ministerial control has been demonstrated and proven many times over the last three decades. I will take a little more than some nebulous, candy coated placebo to convince a hard eyed industry that the bastardry of the past has ended. Read the opening paragraph again – but put yourself in the place of a FOI (FU for short); you know from the first words that you are safe to continue – business as usual.
Without clearly defined penalties for CASA officials ‘getting it wrong’ or, buggering about with ‘evidence’; or, shading the truths; or, even telling faery stories crafted to suit, those words will not restrain the incorrigible. Look no further than the Pel-Air debacle for a historical reference or Falcon Air for a current demonstration.
"Frequently, however, CASA decision-makers will encounter situations in which the strict application of policy may not be appropriate. In such cases, striking a proper balance between the need for consistency and a corresponding need for flexibility, the responsible exercise of discretion is required."
You can just imagine that paragraph striking terror into the hearts and minds of the likes of Campbell, Chambers, De’Marco and Worthington. They’d have that paragraph tattooed on their arses, in mirror writing – just to have it handy when required – to avoid having their rear ends being kicked – hard and often.
"In conjunction with a clear understanding of the considerations mentioned above, and a thorough knowledge of the relevant provisions of the civil aviation legislation, adherence to the procedures described in this manual will help to guide and inform the decisions you make, with a view to better ensuring the achievement of optimal outcomes in the interest of safety and fairness alike."
Yeah, right Shane – dream on. Or better yet come back on Sunday, bring a coffee, sit a spell while we walk you through the Pel-Air audit process, before we get down to the serious stuff. You see, it may well suit you not to deal with what preceded ‘your reign’. Indeed pretending that the past is gone and forgotten and you are writing a new page in the history of CASA is all well and good – in theory; but in real life, with real people, it just don’t work thataway. This industry would build a statue to the first DAS who stood up and declared a determination to reform the CASA, probably throw in a bag of sweeties and night with someone’s sister to boot. But lip service and fluffy word weasel ‘reforms’ carefully tucked away in the preface to an obscure manual just don’t do it – does it now.
By the by – you are not dreaming; the ride through the swamps of Sleepy Hollow in the Devil's own handcart is really happening.
“If there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it,
Making it momentary as a sound,
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
The jaws of darkness do devour it up;
So quick bright things come to confusion.”
Careful compliance - for all - I don't think so, No Sir! indeed I do not.
Toot - toot.....
Well caught P2: and, in a honest world, you’d have to say well done Carmody. But is his preface indicative of the inbred, professional bureaucratic mind set which ensures the back door is always well and truly open – the exit signs clearly marked? The opening stanza more less screams ‘exit here’.
"As a Commonwealth government authority, CASA must ensure that the decisions we make, and the processes by which we make them, are effective, efficient, fair, timely, transparent, properly documented and otherwise comply with the requirements of the law."
It depends how you read it and which glasses you use to assist; the Rose coloured ones or the far seeing clear vision type. The deeply ingrained notion that CASA is in fact above the law and way beyond any form of ministerial control has been demonstrated and proven many times over the last three decades. I will take a little more than some nebulous, candy coated placebo to convince a hard eyed industry that the bastardry of the past has ended. Read the opening paragraph again – but put yourself in the place of a FOI (FU for short); you know from the first words that you are safe to continue – business as usual.
Without clearly defined penalties for CASA officials ‘getting it wrong’ or, buggering about with ‘evidence’; or, shading the truths; or, even telling faery stories crafted to suit, those words will not restrain the incorrigible. Look no further than the Pel-Air debacle for a historical reference or Falcon Air for a current demonstration.
"Frequently, however, CASA decision-makers will encounter situations in which the strict application of policy may not be appropriate. In such cases, striking a proper balance between the need for consistency and a corresponding need for flexibility, the responsible exercise of discretion is required."
You can just imagine that paragraph striking terror into the hearts and minds of the likes of Campbell, Chambers, De’Marco and Worthington. They’d have that paragraph tattooed on their arses, in mirror writing – just to have it handy when required – to avoid having their rear ends being kicked – hard and often.
"In conjunction with a clear understanding of the considerations mentioned above, and a thorough knowledge of the relevant provisions of the civil aviation legislation, adherence to the procedures described in this manual will help to guide and inform the decisions you make, with a view to better ensuring the achievement of optimal outcomes in the interest of safety and fairness alike."
Yeah, right Shane – dream on. Or better yet come back on Sunday, bring a coffee, sit a spell while we walk you through the Pel-Air audit process, before we get down to the serious stuff. You see, it may well suit you not to deal with what preceded ‘your reign’. Indeed pretending that the past is gone and forgotten and you are writing a new page in the history of CASA is all well and good – in theory; but in real life, with real people, it just don’t work thataway. This industry would build a statue to the first DAS who stood up and declared a determination to reform the CASA, probably throw in a bag of sweeties and night with someone’s sister to boot. But lip service and fluffy word weasel ‘reforms’ carefully tucked away in the preface to an obscure manual just don’t do it – does it now.
By the by – you are not dreaming; the ride through the swamps of Sleepy Hollow in the Devil's own handcart is really happening.
“If there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it,
Making it momentary as a sound,
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
The jaws of darkness do devour it up;
So quick bright things come to confusion.”
Careful compliance - for all - I don't think so, No Sir! indeed I do not.
Toot - toot.....