Where to begin?
Not sure even where to post this, let alone where to begin.
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” (Alice in Wonderland – Carroll).
Seems like reasonable advice – except there really is no end in sight, is there. Just as one BRB phrased it; “a perpetual purgatory of political pony-pooh”. Just collecting my thoughts and numbers after the Senior BRB, by invitation only, indaba; no darts until stumps on Sunday. Usually, there is a lot of good natured banter – ‘crack’ as the Irish call it – during this ‘sit down’, but not this time. The atmosphere was not grim but decidedly serious; took me about two seconds to realise they all were very angry; to put it mildly. You simply cannot continue to take the Mickey out of a bunch of serious professionals and expect to skip away unscathed. Usually there is a little back and forth before any sort of agreement is reached; not this time; so I’ll get right to the numbers and results. In short:-
Unanimous – a call to end the ‘Regulatory reform’ process and an immediate set up of a specialised team to bring the FAA FAR’s to Australia.
Unanimous: a call to appoint a Senate committee to ensure that both sets of recommendations (SSC after Pel-Air and the ASSR) are fully and transparently implemented and enforced as soon as possible. Real reform, in real time, right now.
Unanimous: a call for the minister to resign or, pass the aviation portfolio over to a qualified member of parliament; i.e. Sen. Fawcett.
Unanimous: the charade of ‘seeking’ a new DAS for the CASA stop, today. The details of all previous applicants are available; one of the top two candidates be appointed as a matter of urgency and that Carmody be removed as soon as practicable.
Unanimous: a call for the immediate resignation of the ASA board and the current director of that service.
Unanimous: that Hood either release the Pel-Air report and ALL associated evidence supporting that report – or resign. To be replaced with a person who will ensure that all ATSB reports are of value, are honest, free of undue influence and written without fear, favour or deference.
Unanimous: that the Chester proposed ‘Review’ be abandoned as a pointless, expensive, time gaining exercise of pure cynicism.
That about sums it up; Reform or Resignation, in our time, weighed against milestones of progress. All that is being asked is the promises made (by government) are kept; that goods which have been paid for are delivered; and, good faith be restored. It is essential that government realize this industry has little faith and absolutely no confidence whatsoever in the present incumbents of the key positions responsible for the safety of the traveling public. None. The pitcher has been to the well once too often.
Reform or Resignation before Review.
Endit: Toot - toot.
Not sure even where to post this, let alone where to begin.
“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” (Alice in Wonderland – Carroll).
Seems like reasonable advice – except there really is no end in sight, is there. Just as one BRB phrased it; “a perpetual purgatory of political pony-pooh”. Just collecting my thoughts and numbers after the Senior BRB, by invitation only, indaba; no darts until stumps on Sunday. Usually, there is a lot of good natured banter – ‘crack’ as the Irish call it – during this ‘sit down’, but not this time. The atmosphere was not grim but decidedly serious; took me about two seconds to realise they all were very angry; to put it mildly. You simply cannot continue to take the Mickey out of a bunch of serious professionals and expect to skip away unscathed. Usually there is a little back and forth before any sort of agreement is reached; not this time; so I’ll get right to the numbers and results. In short:-
Unanimous – a call to end the ‘Regulatory reform’ process and an immediate set up of a specialised team to bring the FAA FAR’s to Australia.
Unanimous: a call to appoint a Senate committee to ensure that both sets of recommendations (SSC after Pel-Air and the ASSR) are fully and transparently implemented and enforced as soon as possible. Real reform, in real time, right now.
Unanimous: a call for the minister to resign or, pass the aviation portfolio over to a qualified member of parliament; i.e. Sen. Fawcett.
Unanimous: the charade of ‘seeking’ a new DAS for the CASA stop, today. The details of all previous applicants are available; one of the top two candidates be appointed as a matter of urgency and that Carmody be removed as soon as practicable.
Unanimous: a call for the immediate resignation of the ASA board and the current director of that service.
Unanimous: that Hood either release the Pel-Air report and ALL associated evidence supporting that report – or resign. To be replaced with a person who will ensure that all ATSB reports are of value, are honest, free of undue influence and written without fear, favour or deference.
Unanimous: that the Chester proposed ‘Review’ be abandoned as a pointless, expensive, time gaining exercise of pure cynicism.
That about sums it up; Reform or Resignation, in our time, weighed against milestones of progress. All that is being asked is the promises made (by government) are kept; that goods which have been paid for are delivered; and, good faith be restored. It is essential that government realize this industry has little faith and absolutely no confidence whatsoever in the present incumbents of the key positions responsible for the safety of the traveling public. None. The pitcher has been to the well once too often.
Reform or Resignation before Review.
Endit: Toot - toot.