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by K_P9 | Mar 20, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged

I have literally just lifted the entire post below from the unspeakable Prune. It is far too eloquent a pearl to waste and deserves every bit of public acclamation it gets; for indeed it is a masters concise construct and as sound of reason as any reading here could...

Lugging the guts.

by K_P9 | Mar 19, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged

To those who closely followed the Senate inquiry into the Pel-Air debacle, yesterday’s announcement, rejecting Part 145 will not surprise. It is a promise fulfilled by a team of honest men who had their collective good will, natural forbearance, political savvy...

Wrex v Coal loader. Round 2

by K_P9 | Mar 15, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged

Commercial pressure to minimise flight time and operational ‘expediency’ have, over the decades, claimed their fair share of lives in air accidents. This time, the latest Wrex in flight debacle descended to within 680 feet (about one minute) of landing on...

Vale Bernie Currall.

by K_P9 | Mar 1, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged

To our great regret and sorrow we have just been advised that the patient who survived the ditching of a Pel-Air Westwind medivac jet off Norfolk Island in 2009, Bernie Currall, has today taken her own life. Our most sincere condolences and deepest sympathies are...