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ONESky trough wars & the Empire of the RAES -

Yet another instalment in the long running saga of the ONESky trough wars from 'that man'.

However before we do, to get up to speed, it is worth reviewing this :

Keeping it in the family?

From the No 1 member of the AEF (Airservices Executive Fanclub) Dougy... 

...And next week is Waypoint,  Airservices’ annual hosting of its customers in Canberra. It’s always informative and the interactions in and around it are always interesting to observe. It will another strong platform for acting CEO Jason Harfield to strengthen his claim for the full-time job. So far he’s done admirably at a string of official appearances. 

There was also this vomitus bit of news on Fort Fumble's favourite journo Creepy..

...Airservices has acquired the services of the guru of the Aviation Section of Friday’s Australian, Steve Creedy. So someone else will have to fill those (literally and figuratively) big shoes at the Oz. I’ll bet there’s a bit of a bun fight for the job underway, though scribe Lisa Allen seems to have the early running. Clearly Steve will be doing something with words at Airservices. Speechwriting perhaps?...

Hmm...wonder if the writing was already on the wall?? Here are Thorny & P7's thoughts on this development:

TB:  ..May interest a few out there that the CAsA resident glove puppet at the Australian Newspaper is departing the rag for his reward, an appointment with ASA no less. Well all those years of regurgitating CAsA spin had to lead somewhere...


 P7: 




This would be on account of his vast knowledge of providing ‘services’ to ASA; expertise and the like.  Just what Air services Australia needs; another clapped out sycophant.  Good call miniscule, glad to see you have a firm grip on the important things we really need to spend an outrageous amount of money on – nice one.

Getting match fit..
Here they are Harfy, Hoodlum & Dougy with a bit of male bonding in FNQ...

....err whoops, wrong Dougy apparently

Oh well Dougy can possibly add to his ASA Fan-club photo album - err maybe
Good news for the ASA Exec Futures (Trough) Fund 

On the subject of glowing loaded endorsements for Harfwit's loaded pitch for the top job, it would seem that under his leadership (fiefdom) that the ASA Execs have been able to schmooze over the previously highly critical Public Works Committee.. :
"Safe trough-feeding for some"   

OK so here we go again, from 'that man' Higgins, courtesy the Oz :  

‘Conflict’ case clouds Airservices CEO appointment

• Ean Higgins
  
• The Australian
  
• March 4, 2016 12:00AM
  

The government body investigating allegations of possible conflict of interest in Airservices Australia’s dealings over the OneSKY air traffic control program could report in weeks, applying pressure on Transport Minister Darren Chester to hold off on appointing a new Airservices boss until it has been considered.

The move comes as a senior Australian business executive told The Australian his repeated efforts to make contact with the executive headhunting firm Spencer Stuart, hired by the Airservices board were rebuffed.

Businessman and aviator Dick Smith claimed Airservices only wanted to be seen to go through the motions of an international recruitment process, when the board’s real intention all along has been to appoint long-serving Airservices air traffic controller, senior executive, and now acting chief executive Jason Harfield.

“It doesn’t look as if Airservices is at all genuine about getting a proper CEO for Airservices,” Mr Smith said.

As revealed by The Australian, the Australian National Audit ­Office late last year launched an ­investigation into contracts awarded by Airservices to consultants associated with an ­obscure Canberra-based organisation with international military links called the International Centre for Complex Project Management.

The move followed revelations in the Senate rural and regional ­affairs and transport legislation committee of dealings in the $1.5 billion OneSKY program, which senators allege could involve conflicts of interest.

The committee heard that ICCPM managing director Deborah Hein is the wife of Steve Hein, who worked for ICCPM until hired by Airservices in a senior managerial role.
One OneSKY contract Airservices struck with ICCPM was processed by Mr Hein.

Airservices hired an ICCPM consultant, Harry Bradford, to negotiate on its behalf with the prime contractor on the OneSKY project, aerospace group Thales Australia, when the managing ­director of Thales, Chris Jenkins, was also the chairman of ICCPM.

Mr Bradford, who has been paid more than $1 million by Airservices, is a former RAAF officer, and has since replaced Mr Jenkins as ICCPM chairman.

An Audit Office spokeswoman told The Australian the organisation plans to table its report in parliament in May.

The Senate committee’s chairman, the Liberals’ Bill Heffernan, and the deputy chair, Labor’s Glenn Sterle, have publicly called for the government to commit to not making an appointment to the CEO’s position until the report is tabled and considered, though making clear this is not to make any implication against any individual.

Mr Harfield was Airservices executive general manager for ­future service delivery from July 2013 to August 2015 in which role, he says on his LinkedIn profile, he had “accountability for the leadership, acquisition and delivery” of OneSKY’’ and was its “Senior Responsible Owner”.

A spokeswoman for Mr Chester declined the opportunity to provide the assurances sought by Senator Heffernan and Senator Sterle.

However the spokeswoman said “the appointment is currently under consideration by the government”.

The former managing director of a major mining company, who had run its aviation division and who now sits on the board of a major bank, told The Australian he had late last year tried to contact Spencer Stuart to express an interest in the job by email.

“I phoned the Spencer Stuart Sydney office inquiring about the role after the failed attempt at electronic communication and was put through to the Melbourne office,” the executive said.

“My details were taken … he would call me back — never did.”

Spencer Stuart spokeswoman Sharon Miles said that as a matter of policy, the firm would not comment. Airservices spokesman Graham Robinson said: “Spencer ­Stuart is considering best applicants comprising both internal and external candidates.”

Perhaps the former Mining company MD should have led with..

"..I'm a financial member of the Australian division of the RAES and I was wondering where to send my ?? K donation to the ASA (RAES) Board, to help facilitate my application..."  


MTF...P2