Originally Posted by
Duck Pilot
You are exactly correct, the federal and state governments must support the remote aviation infrastructure. I’m sure the mining companies are paying their taxes like all the rest of us to support public infrastructure in their areas of influence.
The issue with our cost focused safety culture is that statistically, nothing happened here, no property was damaged and no lives were lost. It was simply an incident for which the pilots will answer…no harm no foul in a safety sense. Any claim to the contrary will be met with the “show me the hole in the ground” reply. It’s as if our safety regulator needs lives to be lost in the interests of safety before they do anything.
Its not about how much tax and royalties the mining industry pays, it’s about how much the government, and therefore regulator can get away with not spending backed up by the lack of accidents.