by Sarcs | Nov 18, 2018 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Part I – Home truths. “Every traveller has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” ― Charles Dickens. ‘Tis true; no matter which far flung corner of the world you return from; even after a refreshing break from the...
by Sarcs | Sep 2, 2018 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Catchers? – in the Wry?: AP Forum version “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing...
by K_P9 | Oct 26, 2016 | ASA, ATSB, Aunty Pru - First solo, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Start the clock GD; So, we have DAS who declares “I’ll wear it” – but only for the ‘decisions’ he makes. Well ain’t that grand, in theory. Talk, as my Grand-pappy said, is cheap son, whisky cost money; real money, that’s as in cash and no bullshit”. A credit rating...
by K_P9 | Oct 20, 2016 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, CASA, Minister for Transport
Half loop; roll off the top. Well, back at page 81 (85) of Hansard again, fresh coffee – all set for another ramble through the woods at Sleepy Hollow? We plod through to page 83, with Sterle and Gallacher pecking away at the edges of the CASA disassociation diorama;...
by K_P9 | Aug 12, 2016 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
I’ve cribbed Thony’s post from the UP; it’s done very nicely and avoids dropping some poor bugger ‘right init’. The fear of retribution for speaking out, first hand against such aberrations keeps chief pilots all over Australia awake at night. Furious at the...