by K_P9 | Jul 2, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
The respect of ones peers is traditionally earned, grudging or otherwise. We (aviation) all keep hoping Warren Truss will earn that respect (and a gold star) by righting the wrongs inflicted, without our consent on aviation. After the 2008 non-event, I confess, that...
by K_P9 | Jun 29, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Gee whiz; this Part 61 has kicked up some dust, I can’t find anyone who is ‘happy’. It’s not too bad for the big operators, it will put their costs up a half point, maybe a full point, but the difficulties can be ironed out or exempted out of play. For example, the...
by K_P9 | Jun 25, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
You know, when P2 (Guru) kicked off this thread, I had expectations of filling up pages with good news, of the best kind; I did. Which should be a lesson of some sort about expecting that things would improve. After the Senate and Pel-Air, followed by a Ministerial...
by K_P9 | Jun 24, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Great picture – those smiles are genuine; the inestimable Fawcett who breathes hope into a depressed Australian aviation scene, despite the best efforts of CASA to regulate it out of existence; the ATSB who cannot seem to provide an accident report with any meaning;...
by K_P9 | Jun 24, 2015 | Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Perhaps it is time to try a little of the old arts; those of persuasion. It is becoming increasingly clear that the new DAS is simply unable to do the job – as requested by the Minister, required by law and demanded by industry. Given that many believe the industry...