Jeepers, Tweepers.
P2 – “Now why on earth would the Fort Fumble twitter guy feel the need to tweep such inflammatory bollocks, etc.”
It is indeed a strange ‘tweep’ (tweep?) quite apart from being a statement of the blinding obvious. Crop dusting, Firefighting and even Police low level operations are ‘high’ risk occupations; but and it is a very big BUT, the defences and risk mitigation which have been developed and the ‘new’ work to done to further reduce those risk are more current and proactive than in any other application of using aircraft. Flight schools for example have not provided the level of ‘direct involvement’ and engagement that AAAA has. Not knocking Flight schools; but they tend to let CASA set the bar and plod along with ‘whatever’ is served up. AAAA is a very different animal.
The ‘tweep’ is posed as a question – “Did you know etc.?” Well; duck me, I’d reckon the majority of the worlds population understand that the types of essential work, conducted at ‘low level’ are ‘risky’. What the world probably does not know is the amount of effort, expertise and experience which is unstintingly poured into mitigating those risks. So, it begs the question – why not tell the ‘twitterverse’ about those efforts?
Maybe P2 has the right of it – corner a rat and it will fight, if it can’t fly. There have been some ‘meetings’ and ‘negotiations’ between industry and CASA; word has filtered back that those meetings, although conducted in good spirit, have been another waste of wind, time and energy. The unspoken and IMO sinister aspect of that result being that the opposition have now seen your cards. This may be a good thing – if the intent to reform is genuine. Sadly past and present history show that the intent to reform is not there; not from the appointment of Boyd to the resignation of Skidmore. Lots of window dressing, lots of PR and more fluffing than a porn studio.
The crazy thing is CASA have not got a leg to stand on; Phil Hurst and the AAAA, backed by ATSB can gut ‘em. So why start what they can’t finish – unless the miniscule and Board are prepared to back the CASA non action and are actively supporting the ‘delays’? Any and all risk mitigation, education and safety innovations will come from the AAAA expertise; not CASA.
Perhaps the ‘tweep’ is the lead up to justification for CASA knocking back the latest AAAA initiative’s; building a case to support the embuggerance of a noisy annoyance. Why else bother with a ‘tweep’ which could be construed as ‘inflammatory’? Aye: perhaps the jackets are off, the talking done; and, the combatants are headed for the car park – to sort it out. But, be warned; if the hair pulling and name calling comes out of the ladies loo into the car park – Phil Hurst and AAAA will be on the tote board at very short odds; very short indeed.
We shall see. Meanwhile:-
Toot – toot.
P2 – “Now why on earth would the Fort Fumble twitter guy feel the need to tweep such inflammatory bollocks, etc.”
It is indeed a strange ‘tweep’ (tweep?) quite apart from being a statement of the blinding obvious. Crop dusting, Firefighting and even Police low level operations are ‘high’ risk occupations; but and it is a very big BUT, the defences and risk mitigation which have been developed and the ‘new’ work to done to further reduce those risk are more current and proactive than in any other application of using aircraft. Flight schools for example have not provided the level of ‘direct involvement’ and engagement that AAAA has. Not knocking Flight schools; but they tend to let CASA set the bar and plod along with ‘whatever’ is served up. AAAA is a very different animal.
The ‘tweep’ is posed as a question – “Did you know etc.?” Well; duck me, I’d reckon the majority of the worlds population understand that the types of essential work, conducted at ‘low level’ are ‘risky’. What the world probably does not know is the amount of effort, expertise and experience which is unstintingly poured into mitigating those risks. So, it begs the question – why not tell the ‘twitterverse’ about those efforts?
Maybe P2 has the right of it – corner a rat and it will fight, if it can’t fly. There have been some ‘meetings’ and ‘negotiations’ between industry and CASA; word has filtered back that those meetings, although conducted in good spirit, have been another waste of wind, time and energy. The unspoken and IMO sinister aspect of that result being that the opposition have now seen your cards. This may be a good thing – if the intent to reform is genuine. Sadly past and present history show that the intent to reform is not there; not from the appointment of Boyd to the resignation of Skidmore. Lots of window dressing, lots of PR and more fluffing than a porn studio.
The crazy thing is CASA have not got a leg to stand on; Phil Hurst and the AAAA, backed by ATSB can gut ‘em. So why start what they can’t finish – unless the miniscule and Board are prepared to back the CASA non action and are actively supporting the ‘delays’? Any and all risk mitigation, education and safety innovations will come from the AAAA expertise; not CASA.
Perhaps the ‘tweep’ is the lead up to justification for CASA knocking back the latest AAAA initiative’s; building a case to support the embuggerance of a noisy annoyance. Why else bother with a ‘tweep’ which could be construed as ‘inflammatory’? Aye: perhaps the jackets are off, the talking done; and, the combatants are headed for the car park – to sort it out. But, be warned; if the hair pulling and name calling comes out of the ladies loo into the car park – Phil Hurst and AAAA will be on the tote board at very short odds; very short indeed.
We shall see. Meanwhile:-
Toot – toot.