ATSB & the fiscal legacy of a Muppet - UDB? 
From the 2015 Senate Order for the ATSB I came across the total amount spent on the tender for recovery of the VH-NGA CVR/FDR off Norfolk Island:
UDB!
Wonder what the total cost will end up being for the PelAir cover-up investigation/Senate Inquiry/& re-investigation? Either way it is a pretty damning indictment on the ATSBeaker years when you consider that Beaker originally abandoned recovering the black boxes for apparently fiscal reasons:
This led to the infamous Beaker attempt at political point scoring at the expense of one Senator David Fawcett:
Ultimately this cynical attempt for one-up-man-ship by a bureaucratic weasel led to a complete loss of trust & credibility of the former ATSB Chief Commissioner as a reliable witness from what was a totally non-partisan Parliamentary committee. -
MTF...P2
From the 2015 Senate Order for the ATSB I came across the total amount spent on the tender for recovery of the VH-NGA CVR/FDR off Norfolk Island:
Quote:Australian Transport Safety Bureau - Pacific Marine Group Pty Ltd
Services for recovery of flight recorders from aircraft submerged near Norfolk Island
Marine transport
Publish Date: 17-Nov-15
Start Date: 14-Oct-15
End Date: 16-Nov-15
Total: 511,830.00
UDB!
Wonder what the total cost will end up being for the PelAir cover-up investigation/Senate Inquiry/& re-investigation? Either way it is a pretty damning indictment on the ATSBeaker years when you consider that Beaker originally abandoned recovering the black boxes for apparently fiscal reasons:
This led to the infamous Beaker attempt at political point scoring at the expense of one Senator David Fawcett:
Ultimately this cynical attempt for one-up-man-ship by a bureaucratic weasel led to a complete loss of trust & credibility of the former ATSB Chief Commissioner as a reliable witness from what was a totally non-partisan Parliamentary committee. -
MTF...P2