[Gobbledock]

Thornmeister, well said my friend, well said. You mentioned this;

"Pretty neat trick inflicting an unwanted, unwarranted requirement for ADSB on an industry already creaking at the knees from the cost burden of CAsA's regulatory brain farts by forcing them to pay for what they didn't want and didn't need".

Well that's always easy to do when the individual accountable for this crap won't be financially affected personally! $125k kick in the balls for a Ma and Pa operation, no worries laments Staib - it doesn't affect me!!!

And this;

"You say in your diatribe Australia is the "Safest" to that I would say "Bollocks" we are just the "Lucky" country. Hope your still around when that Luck runs out".

Another 'old chestnut' - We haven't lost a 170 seat aircraft yet so that makes us the safest country!!! Hahaha. Aagh yes, spoken by a true Muppet who knows SFA about safety. Yes yes, no widebody crash yet my sweet Staib, but hang on to your crotchless panties because when it does happen the political turmoil will be frantic and frenzied, the media will finally become interested and every dirty little aviation secret that is buried within the hallowed walls of the alphabet soup agencies will be dragged through the microscope.

But wait there is more;

[b]"And still you still want to go round and round with semantics of who's qualified and who's not to run a Unicom!!! Who gives a SHIT, It works just fine in the USA and has for a lot of years, costs nothing and it improves safety, why the hell are we getting bound up with Bullshit about this".
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Exactly! And while we are at it, I am sick of Staib, Sir Anus, and the Spin doctor trotting out all of their bullshit on this issue. FFS listen to the real experts, those working in the real aviation world, those who understand the nuts and bolts about this....I would like to hear the Hooded one speak on this issue. He knows what's what, he is a pilot and an ATC, there is no way Hoody could repeat the Stain/Anus rhetoric without blushing or twitching.

Last but not least;

[b]"ASA is a monopoly, is that why Angus is so opposed to firies doing Unicom service"?[/b]

Absolutely!! But there is one other reason - a lack of testicles. He is too scared to take on the Unions! It would get messy in the early stages, but would then settle down. But a trough dweller earning a taxpayer funded retirement fund top up doesn't want to get ones hands dirty in the twilight of his career, nah too hard, too messy, much rather hide beneath the CEO's desk and dodge the spotlights and difficult questions. Much rather spend the next 2 years collecting easy money from a monopolistic organisation then slink off into the sunset thanks to a lifetime of taxpayer money!!

Doc