by Sarcs | Apr 5, 2024 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aunty Pru - First solo, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First this week’s SBG: Mushrooms v Bubble Heads (Round 27). With a vengeance; but, before the chickens came the eggs and them as laid them. The notion of an essential ‘public service’ becoming a profit centre, detached from government (ministerial)...
by Sarcs | Dec 23, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First last week’s #SBG: 17/12/23 Hush-a-bye-baby.. The original verse appeared in ‘Mother Goose’s melody’ circa 1769; or, so the story goes. But, I’ve always liked the reality fix embedded; because, no matter how dreamy, or soothing the...
by Sarcs | Oct 27, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First this week’s SBG: Of Window dressing and artifice. “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.” For many, watching...
by Sarcs | Sep 29, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport
First this week’s #SBG: And, at the very bottom of the barrel :- “They were changeful in speech, for they had great love of words, and sought ever to find names more fit for all things that they knew or imagined.” For a classic example listen – HERE -. The...
by Sarcs | Sep 22, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First this week’s #SBG: But: where to begin? Ever get a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas? Always the last thing explored, often kept back for a cold, rainy day. Take the cellophane wrapper off, tip it all out and start the hunt for the corners – then...