An outbreak of Just Culture.
I don’t know why, although I shouldn’t be, but I’m always surprised when I see a ‘report’ on the TV about something I know a bit about which is waste of good resources and not quite right. Four Corners I find I can believe and accept the points made, and so it was with Foreign Correspondent until last evening. If other FC stories are reliant on such ‘expert’ commentary, then you have to wonder just how ‘real’ their other ‘tales’ are. FWIW they lost me, for ever; not that it will keep ‘em awake nights. Every time I happen to see a FC story from now on the ‘bollocks’ meter will register full scale. How any intelligent producer for the national broadcaster could base story line, research and commentary to an important aviation disaster on the likes of GT has me beat. It’s a shame, because the message gets lost; there are (or were) important, serious matters related to passenger safety which must be addressed lost in the shabby, pointless little exhibition broadcast last evening.
Not only do we get Thomas, but Gibson to boot. I had to laugh – just culture indeed. CASA would not know ‘just culture’ if it jumped up and bit ‘em on the arse, but suddenly, overnight, miraculously ‘just culture’ is here, live and real. Bollocks. The only reason Cobham is not being prosecuted is that to prove their case CASA would be taking on a fairly hefty, well supported operation which could, and rightfully would vigorously defend their argument – and probably win. So just culture is trotted out into the smoke and mirrors to score some cheap brownie points in an attempt to stem the internal haemorrhaging. There are no depths to which the new DAS and his ducking ‘tiger team’ will not descend in order to convince the political halfwits, all is well.
I note this outbreak of ‘just culture’ has not been extended to any of the cases currently being prosecuted by CASA; take the CEO of Barrier Air for example. Not only were CASA very happy to destroy his business on some of the most dodgy grounds I have ever read. But one man, with an axe to grind decided that was not enough. Killen was harried from pillar to post and back again; business, health, self respect and money – all gone. Still not enough, he’s back in court, defending himself against ‘criminal’ charges. So much for ‘just’ culture. It is becoming a marked feature of the current regime; the smiling crocodile, sizing up it’s next juicy morsel, playing nice while the grown up’s are watching, all the while planning to snatch a child, by stealth the moment backs are turned and making sure someone else takes the blame. CASA won’t challenge the Indonesians, even if the politicians would allow it. Nope, cowardice wears a new cloak – ‘just’ culture. Ayup - but Just when it suits them though.
Yours in vomit: 'K'.
Toot toot.
I don’t know why, although I shouldn’t be, but I’m always surprised when I see a ‘report’ on the TV about something I know a bit about which is waste of good resources and not quite right. Four Corners I find I can believe and accept the points made, and so it was with Foreign Correspondent until last evening. If other FC stories are reliant on such ‘expert’ commentary, then you have to wonder just how ‘real’ their other ‘tales’ are. FWIW they lost me, for ever; not that it will keep ‘em awake nights. Every time I happen to see a FC story from now on the ‘bollocks’ meter will register full scale. How any intelligent producer for the national broadcaster could base story line, research and commentary to an important aviation disaster on the likes of GT has me beat. It’s a shame, because the message gets lost; there are (or were) important, serious matters related to passenger safety which must be addressed lost in the shabby, pointless little exhibition broadcast last evening.
Not only do we get Thomas, but Gibson to boot. I had to laugh – just culture indeed. CASA would not know ‘just culture’ if it jumped up and bit ‘em on the arse, but suddenly, overnight, miraculously ‘just culture’ is here, live and real. Bollocks. The only reason Cobham is not being prosecuted is that to prove their case CASA would be taking on a fairly hefty, well supported operation which could, and rightfully would vigorously defend their argument – and probably win. So just culture is trotted out into the smoke and mirrors to score some cheap brownie points in an attempt to stem the internal haemorrhaging. There are no depths to which the new DAS and his ducking ‘tiger team’ will not descend in order to convince the political halfwits, all is well.
I note this outbreak of ‘just culture’ has not been extended to any of the cases currently being prosecuted by CASA; take the CEO of Barrier Air for example. Not only were CASA very happy to destroy his business on some of the most dodgy grounds I have ever read. But one man, with an axe to grind decided that was not enough. Killen was harried from pillar to post and back again; business, health, self respect and money – all gone. Still not enough, he’s back in court, defending himself against ‘criminal’ charges. So much for ‘just’ culture. It is becoming a marked feature of the current regime; the smiling crocodile, sizing up it’s next juicy morsel, playing nice while the grown up’s are watching, all the while planning to snatch a child, by stealth the moment backs are turned and making sure someone else takes the blame. CASA won’t challenge the Indonesians, even if the politicians would allow it. Nope, cowardice wears a new cloak – ‘just’ culture. Ayup - but Just when it suits them though.
Yours in vomit: 'K'.
Toot toot.