Quote of the Month.
“I look forward to CASA making strong progress against this Statement and encourage the aviation industry to provide cooperative input to the important work that will be progressed over the next few years.”
It is probably only a poor choice of words; but to the practical, pragmatic, proportional mind it is a Freudian Slip of massive proportion. For it concisely describes the CASA approach to any and all suggestion of ‘change’, the track record of resistance as well documented as is the treatment of such ‘suggested opinions’. As recently as the Forsyth ASRR if you need a perfect example. Daren 6D finally get’s it right; “CASA making strong progress against this Statement.”
The Cartwright ‘selection’ could be ‘interesting’. One of the elements missing has been the ability to ‘manage’ a large corporation and experience in treading the fine line between ‘profit’ and ‘public service’. There has never been a CEO of CASA with ‘corporate governance’ experience. What a ‘DAS’ (ST) should or should not be depends on your point of view and there are many opinions worthy of consideration on the subject. However, if you remove the burden of ‘corporate governance’ then opinions coalesce, in broad terms to the DASA having a true understanding of the industry, how it works, how makes and looses money, what makes it tick; and, importantly a deep understanding of the ‘nature of the beast’.
Take Carmody as an example; in many ways he makes an excellent DAS, particularly from the bureaucratic management angle; first class man – but he ‘ain’t industry’ born and bred. Aviation ain’t part of his fibre, his very being: flesh and blood for certain but JetA1 is not his blood type. The last two Dasasters were only vaguely ‘industry’, granted impressive records as a ‘crat would see ‘em; but not ‘of’ industry. With the ‘corporate’ end of the job in safe hands it may be possible to appoint a true industry person to a position where the reforms demanded by industry can become reality.
Aye well; it is as usual out of ‘industry hands’, we shall, once again, have to wait and see how it pans out. Expecting the worst while offering prayers to pagan gods that this time around we are no wasting time, energy and money on another dead horse.
Toot toot.
“I look forward to CASA making strong progress against this Statement and encourage the aviation industry to provide cooperative input to the important work that will be progressed over the next few years.”
It is probably only a poor choice of words; but to the practical, pragmatic, proportional mind it is a Freudian Slip of massive proportion. For it concisely describes the CASA approach to any and all suggestion of ‘change’, the track record of resistance as well documented as is the treatment of such ‘suggested opinions’. As recently as the Forsyth ASRR if you need a perfect example. Daren 6D finally get’s it right; “CASA making strong progress against this Statement.”
The Cartwright ‘selection’ could be ‘interesting’. One of the elements missing has been the ability to ‘manage’ a large corporation and experience in treading the fine line between ‘profit’ and ‘public service’. There has never been a CEO of CASA with ‘corporate governance’ experience. What a ‘DAS’ (ST) should or should not be depends on your point of view and there are many opinions worthy of consideration on the subject. However, if you remove the burden of ‘corporate governance’ then opinions coalesce, in broad terms to the DASA having a true understanding of the industry, how it works, how makes and looses money, what makes it tick; and, importantly a deep understanding of the ‘nature of the beast’.
Take Carmody as an example; in many ways he makes an excellent DAS, particularly from the bureaucratic management angle; first class man – but he ‘ain’t industry’ born and bred. Aviation ain’t part of his fibre, his very being: flesh and blood for certain but JetA1 is not his blood type. The last two Dasasters were only vaguely ‘industry’, granted impressive records as a ‘crat would see ‘em; but not ‘of’ industry. With the ‘corporate’ end of the job in safe hands it may be possible to appoint a true industry person to a position where the reforms demanded by industry can become reality.
Aye well; it is as usual out of ‘industry hands’, we shall, once again, have to wait and see how it pans out. Expecting the worst while offering prayers to pagan gods that this time around we are no wasting time, energy and money on another dead horse.
Toot toot.