by K_P9 | Oct 3, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
P1 – Opinion. Started off peacefully enough – HERE – one of the crew found a very good aviation related website and copied a well drafted opinion piece on the Pel-Air ditching. PAIN has been patiently waiting for the new CASA CEO to give a sign that reformation of...
by K_P9 | Oct 1, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
The Mandarin is a superb publication which just as quietly and persistently keeps presenting top quality reporting of important matters. I don’t even begin to understand ‘politics’ and apart from the antics of our ‘aviation agencies’ have little interest in the...
by K_P9 | Sep 23, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
The head of the Skidmore snake is trapped in a cleft stick; there are , he says, no rules to fall back on should Part 61 be rolled back; which is a bollocks. But, you can see the problem. Countless hours and dollars have been invested by operators in ‘compliance’ and...
by K_P9 | Sep 20, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
A half dozen things Turnbull could do for aviation. I believe it would take the PM less than a hour to earn some significant brown-eye points and settle the aviation ‘scuffles’. Think of all the happy people associated with aviation telling their nearest, dearest and...
by K_P9 | Sep 19, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Quote:Page 10 – CHAIR: But there would be other issues besides this damn invoice. Mr Harfield: No, that is the only issue to do with Mr and Mrs Hind. That was it and, as I said, that was picked up. Senator BULLOCK: I get the feeling that it is the attitude of...