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To the tea lady.



It only seems fair, diplomatic and caring to share some thoughts from industry with the Witless Wonder of Wagga Wagga - about his 'aviation safety agencies'. Now that he's asked ATSB to write a glowing report on themselves, just so he can say what a fine job they are all doing – and how the ATSB can find no fault with Air Services or CASA, it only seems right to warn him here that there are some pockets of fury, masquerading as the discontent of malcontents. But, no doubt the ATSB soppy questionnaire can be parlayed into some kind of ministerial credit to save face and fool the general public - I mean what does it matter what the industry experts say in the face of such official evidence.



“K” has provided a pro forma series of answers for the ATSB – HERE. 



Dick Smith has had a chat (you want the video) - with the Air Services boss; HERE



And Old Ackro over on Pprune pretty much sums up the ATSB response to an ASA cock up  .



And Phil Hurst from AAAA delivers a universally applauded assessment of the CASA present worth and future value.



AAAA - “CASA still does not understand the difference between safety and compliance and continually considers itself to be the creator of safety, when in fact it is a well informed, safety motivated and guided industry – flying, maintaining and organising aviation operations – that creates safety. CASA clearly has an industry-accepted role in rule-setting, surveillance and enforcement – but it is industry that delivers safety. The dimension of the daunting task facing anyone in GA in simply absorbing, recalling and using the vast amount of written regulation of the industry, is now a safety impediment in its own right.”



Ayup, the ATSB touchy-feebly effort may just be final insult. It is creepy and crude, no doubt exactly the right tenor for a ministerial no action policy speech, one worthy of a third rate journalistic spin doctor.



Heh, heh (chuckle) – perhaps we could invite him to the next BRB indaba and see how he manages the real deal; that children, would be classified as real fun. Can he play darts I wonder? Maybe bring St Commode, Halfwit and Hoody along as a team -! Best stop there;  its BBQ night, time to light the fires etc...