by Sarcs | Nov 26, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ATSB, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First last week’s #SBG: Ineptitude, Insouciance and perhaps… I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance. “Begin at the beginning”, the King said (very gravely). All well and good for...
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...
by Sarcs | Sep 4, 2023 | Accidents and Inquiry, ASA, ATSB, Aunty Pru - First solo, Aviation Safety, CASA, Minister for Transport, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
First this week’s #SBG: Taking the Mickey – a how to. A time honoured exercise is taking the Mickey Bliss – it comes in many forms; from the good natured ragging of a friend or colleague, through to a deliberate act of sheer bastardy. Provided it is done...