05-13-2015, 02:43 PM
Yes the news about Hawke going and Boyd becoming Chairman isn't all that bad. Three cheers!!! Hawke is nothing but a well entrenched career bureaucrat who has spent his 40 + years wining and dining with government and industry executives and achieving nought. It is with great joy that the IOS watch the chief turd polisher depart from Fort Fumble, and I can assure you that the cheering will be robust. There may even be some rotten eggs and elephant dung thrown at the large unit as he waddles his way into some other Government department to apply his spin doctoring skills.
Boyd becoming Chairman is an interesting move. There are quite a few IOS who have a measure of respect for the man, and his CV is loaded with aviation knowledge. One might even say that he understands the mystique of aviation. His appointment by Truss is likely only to appease the pesky IOS and give the bad skinned Farmer a bit of distance from the fire, but then again it could signal that somebody has been listening to industry's concerns? Time will tell and I remain sceptical, but stranger things have happened.
Either way the Styx Houseboat steering lock pin has been removed, jetty chocks released and engine one started. The Houseboat is ready if needed.....tick tock
Boyd becoming Chairman is an interesting move. There are quite a few IOS who have a measure of respect for the man, and his CV is loaded with aviation knowledge. One might even say that he understands the mystique of aviation. His appointment by Truss is likely only to appease the pesky IOS and give the bad skinned Farmer a bit of distance from the fire, but then again it could signal that somebody has been listening to industry's concerns? Time will tell and I remain sceptical, but stranger things have happened.
Either way the Styx Houseboat steering lock pin has been removed, jetty chocks released and engine one started. The Houseboat is ready if needed.....tick tock