06-29-2015, 01:26 PM
I have read through P2's informative post above. Well done with compiling that information from the various avenues.
If we combine these airport issues which include contaminated land, outdated/inefficient infrastructure, lack of Government spending, and a myriad other issues you can see the grey clouds swelling. Top this off with a complete decline in aviation safety standards, unworkable regulation, costly compliance, three aviation portfolios (alphabet soup organisations) that are out of touch and falling apart at the seams, allegations of land development corruption, major airports turning over billion dollar profits while paying no tax, Mandarins covering up shortcomings and a Miniscule who is out of touch, not interested and not educated in aviation matters which are the vein of our Country, and you see that we have a major major problem. IMO a problem that has exceeded it's boundary, is past it's used by date and needs urgent attention now.
Many of us have said once and will say it again - if you want to start on the fix then we urgently need a junior Minister for aviation. Someone who is a specialist in the sense that he/she understands aviation which in itself is a complex field covering multiple jurisdictions and parameters.
Abbot or the next Government need to address this critical issue. It is a big issue. It is an expensive issue. It is an issue that needs to be addressed by a full time Minister for aviation dedicated to this one portfolio which is worth tens of billions of dollars per year and directly impacts our countries sustainability.
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If we combine these airport issues which include contaminated land, outdated/inefficient infrastructure, lack of Government spending, and a myriad other issues you can see the grey clouds swelling. Top this off with a complete decline in aviation safety standards, unworkable regulation, costly compliance, three aviation portfolios (alphabet soup organisations) that are out of touch and falling apart at the seams, allegations of land development corruption, major airports turning over billion dollar profits while paying no tax, Mandarins covering up shortcomings and a Miniscule who is out of touch, not interested and not educated in aviation matters which are the vein of our Country, and you see that we have a major major problem. IMO a problem that has exceeded it's boundary, is past it's used by date and needs urgent attention now.
Many of us have said once and will say it again - if you want to start on the fix then we urgently need a junior Minister for aviation. Someone who is a specialist in the sense that he/she understands aviation which in itself is a complex field covering multiple jurisdictions and parameters.
Abbot or the next Government need to address this critical issue. It is a big issue. It is an expensive issue. It is an issue that needs to be addressed by a full time Minister for aviation dedicated to this one portfolio which is worth tens of billions of dollars per year and directly impacts our countries sustainability.
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