“A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.”
Insurance, for Garden Gnomes. Ring ring: Ring ring – Click. “Good morning; welcome to Grabbit, Duckout and Leggit Insurance, my name is Connie, how may I help you?. “Good morning Connie; Mrs Whiner here, I’m looking to have my garden gnome collection insured. Connie:...
The mirror crack’d from side to side;
One has to wonder how much longer Australian politicians are going to remain in a state of aeronautical denial; surely, by now, even the dimmest of wits must have realised that there are serious problems. Personally, I have trouble believing that ICAO does not see the...
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, We ain’t certain just how he does it; but Chester keeps right on doing it, very well; i.e. annoying the living beejasus out of aviation and political heavy weights. Maybe it’s the gross insults to intelligence; perhaps it’s the...
A question for the minister.
A question for the minister. P2 – “With the ATSB now 2 plus year re-investigation, it should be safe to assume that there will more a proactive review of the historical CASA oversight/audit of the significant elements of the pre-ditching CASA approved Pel-Air AOC.”...
The mills of the gods.
The mills of the gods. In English it appeared in George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1640) as “God's mill grinds slow but sure.” Not likely to attract much in the way of ‘international’ attention, but for the Australian aviation industry an important announcement has,...
Where to begin?
Where to begin? Most folk have an ‘attic’ – or something similar, the garage, the cupboard under the stairs, the back room, the infamous third draw, which, every once in while need to be rummaged through to find a lost or wanted item. Then, once every so often, a...