03-18-2019, 08:28 PM
FOR YOU DEAR SENATOR....
The good Senator is on to a scent. I would suggest that rather than seek answers from the Department (AMS formerly OTS) as they are not subject to FOI and would only spin him a load of cobblers, he should speak directly to the fine gents and ladies managing regional airports who are at the pointy end of the security farce. They will tell you the realities of the situation. But the Senators best observation was this;
“Senator PATRICK: And what the risk difference is between the 50-seater and the 39- or 34-seater.
Mr Gissing : It's related to mass. The 20-tonne rule is related to mass and what that mass could do versus seat counts. It's not our area of expertise”.
Great observation. Exactly what does prevent a F70 or F100 becoming a weapon in the hands of the bad guy only if it is an RPT flight instead of a closed charter?? And what about the 50 tonne 737 freighters carrying tonne upon tonne of unscanned and non X-rayed Australian cargo around the skies and major cities?? What, is it by some miracle that there is no security risk with these aircraft?
And perhaps the Senator can ask the AMS this question; how in God’s name are security staff, often half brain dead numptys on $20 per hour, meant to identify complex IED’s and other test pieces that AMS constantly sneak through the airports to catch staff out? Even AMS Inspectors, some who have worked in the military and armed services in this field of expertise, can’t identify IED test pieces!!! All these costs must be recouped from the traveller, something that the airports and the likes of Gissing have to do by way of fees and charges.
This industry has become an overly regulated joke, run by office clowns who work in bureaucracies and who live in a bubble called Can’tberra. A bunch of Cinderealla’s living in some fantasy land where reality doesn’t exist and they still believe in Santa and flying reindeer.
Tick tock Australia
The good Senator is on to a scent. I would suggest that rather than seek answers from the Department (AMS formerly OTS) as they are not subject to FOI and would only spin him a load of cobblers, he should speak directly to the fine gents and ladies managing regional airports who are at the pointy end of the security farce. They will tell you the realities of the situation. But the Senators best observation was this;
“Senator PATRICK: And what the risk difference is between the 50-seater and the 39- or 34-seater.
Mr Gissing : It's related to mass. The 20-tonne rule is related to mass and what that mass could do versus seat counts. It's not our area of expertise”.
Great observation. Exactly what does prevent a F70 or F100 becoming a weapon in the hands of the bad guy only if it is an RPT flight instead of a closed charter?? And what about the 50 tonne 737 freighters carrying tonne upon tonne of unscanned and non X-rayed Australian cargo around the skies and major cities?? What, is it by some miracle that there is no security risk with these aircraft?
And perhaps the Senator can ask the AMS this question; how in God’s name are security staff, often half brain dead numptys on $20 per hour, meant to identify complex IED’s and other test pieces that AMS constantly sneak through the airports to catch staff out? Even AMS Inspectors, some who have worked in the military and armed services in this field of expertise, can’t identify IED test pieces!!! All these costs must be recouped from the traveller, something that the airports and the likes of Gissing have to do by way of fees and charges.
This industry has become an overly regulated joke, run by office clowns who work in bureaucracies and who live in a bubble called Can’tberra. A bunch of Cinderealla’s living in some fantasy land where reality doesn’t exist and they still believe in Santa and flying reindeer.
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