The twerp-tweep which puzzles.
ATSB - “Although there has been a slight growth in the number of accidents over the past three years, there were considerably fewer accidents each year in the past decade than in the previous 25 years.”
Just trying to puzzle out why ‘that’ CASA tweet turned up, when it did. I wonder if this is the beginning of a ‘hardening’ of attitude; Chester is bragging and posturing about our ‘great success’ at the latest ICAO gabfest. There are other small indications that the iron fist, hidden within the artificial velvet Skidmore glove is about to reappear. As the man once said “when you have ‘em by the balls; hearts and minds will follow”.
There’s the rub; operators, particularly in the small to middle range know that CASA have their nuts in a vise. The ever present threat of a ‘special’ audit; the delay on an approval; faux ‘difficulties’ or disliked drafting in an operations manual etc.; lots and lots of options for CASA to use, as crowd control. One veiled threat and the mouse that roared will scuttle back to its hole and tremble, wishing it had never popped out. You can’t really blame the operators for pulling their collective heads in – out of harms way.
That ‘tweep’ may well have been misconstrued – stand alone it seems innocuous, a little pointless even; or as the unlamented Wodger would say “unfortunate”. Now, had it been followed by another which ‘bragged’ that CASA and ATSB working with AAAA had been able to make improvements; then we could see real reform, happening in real time; and, cheer; loud and long.
So the choices; unfortunate; a call to arms; a failed ‘feel good’; a sinister veiled threat; or just another example of the CASA detachment from reality.
Don’t know and I ain’t certain I care a button. There was only ever the smallest hope that reform of CASA, as it stands, could actually happen without a reform DAS; one who actually can do the job. Carmody will keep the ship afloat and pointed away from dangerous waters; but he will not, indeed he cannot control the rats down in the bilges. Is this ‘twerp-tweep’ the opening stanza of the Retribution sonata, played while the cats away? Pest control for safe skies – anyone.
Toot – contemplative toot.
ATSB - “Although there has been a slight growth in the number of accidents over the past three years, there were considerably fewer accidents each year in the past decade than in the previous 25 years.”
Just trying to puzzle out why ‘that’ CASA tweet turned up, when it did. I wonder if this is the beginning of a ‘hardening’ of attitude; Chester is bragging and posturing about our ‘great success’ at the latest ICAO gabfest. There are other small indications that the iron fist, hidden within the artificial velvet Skidmore glove is about to reappear. As the man once said “when you have ‘em by the balls; hearts and minds will follow”.
There’s the rub; operators, particularly in the small to middle range know that CASA have their nuts in a vise. The ever present threat of a ‘special’ audit; the delay on an approval; faux ‘difficulties’ or disliked drafting in an operations manual etc.; lots and lots of options for CASA to use, as crowd control. One veiled threat and the mouse that roared will scuttle back to its hole and tremble, wishing it had never popped out. You can’t really blame the operators for pulling their collective heads in – out of harms way.
That ‘tweep’ may well have been misconstrued – stand alone it seems innocuous, a little pointless even; or as the unlamented Wodger would say “unfortunate”. Now, had it been followed by another which ‘bragged’ that CASA and ATSB working with AAAA had been able to make improvements; then we could see real reform, happening in real time; and, cheer; loud and long.
So the choices; unfortunate; a call to arms; a failed ‘feel good’; a sinister veiled threat; or just another example of the CASA detachment from reality.
Don’t know and I ain’t certain I care a button. There was only ever the smallest hope that reform of CASA, as it stands, could actually happen without a reform DAS; one who actually can do the job. Carmody will keep the ship afloat and pointed away from dangerous waters; but he will not, indeed he cannot control the rats down in the bilges. Is this ‘twerp-tweep’ the opening stanza of the Retribution sonata, played while the cats away? Pest control for safe skies – anyone.
Toot – contemplative toot.