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"But the ICC nailed it" - Duplicity in process..   

Sorry to rain in on the excellent, insightful, no punches pulled P7 post, however I need to rewind once again to the P9 Secura fulsit post:

["[the] complex procedures CASA specify are often not complied with".

But then Patrick has (again) dropped the ball (if he ever had a firm grasp) – the ALAEA failed to brief him properly, Patrick never got a match to the fuse, and BoS tapped it into touch just as the whistle blew.  Failed Senators – failed. Definitely no Choc Frogs for that piss poor effort.

For practical men, under pressure to get a flight ‘out’ – off the stand, the ‘risk’ associated and procedures involved are too bloody silly for words. That tyre was (a) acceptable or; (b) too bad to be used. End of. Enter the political dragon, armed with excuses and back door passes.

Primarily - the ALAEA plot back-fired. O Sofullame couldn’t keep his trap shut, distracted Patrick; and then, not only aided but abetted an easy exit for the Kool Aid team. Then peace, understanding and fellowship prevailed. Hallelujah and praise the gods of get out of jail free cards. Indeed, I am all astonishment... 

"...Patrick has (again) dropped the ball..."  - After reading the tabled 'Letter from the Industry Complaints Commissioner regarding CASA complaints' (PDF 2830KB) I totally agree and second the motion that Senator Rex has criticallly fumbled the ball in front of the goal, at a time when he had the whole field to himself - 

To put it in context how much of a missed opportunity it was, the whole passage in the ICC letter leading up to the quote (in red above) needs to be regurgitated:

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...wasn't completed in accordance with...

...did not follow both the CSM and Surveillance policy.. 

Hmm...why do those lines sound so familiar...

(Hint: see HERE & HERE)

Now compare the alleged handling of the CASA surveillance visit to Townsville to say the attempted embuggerance of FalconAir; or indeed (links above) the embuggerance of DJ; or the embuggerance of Airtex - just for starters...  

"...That tyre was (a) acceptable or; (b) too bad to be used..."

On the tyre damage:

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Do you seriously call that a shredded, totally U/S tyre - seriously? 

The following pics are of 2 totally shredded U/S tyres that I can confirm were both very much 'within limits' (i.e serviceable) prior to the incident landing: 

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Note these were the skidmarks from that incident which caused the damage to the two tyres:

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The threshold in view is RW 08 at YMEN and in the background lies the Tullamarine freeway.

Ironically CASA also investigated this incident, with the investigation outcome being totally obfuscated/white-washed (by a certain Worthless FOI) to pretty much the same degree as the QF YBBN incident - again CASA oversight duplicity in process...  


MTF...P2