Originally Posted by
Sandy Reith
This could then be a watershed, not only for Glen but for the whole of General Aviation because the Board would become familiar with the whole disastrous modus operandi of CASA. They might even become aware of the colossal damage that’s been perpetrated on the whole of the GA industry, including the loss of jobs, services and related GA businesses over the last twenty five years.
The Board don’t want to know about Glen and they certainly couldn’t give a handful of monkey crap about GA. The Boards role is to link hands and dance a protective circle around the Minister. That’s the way it always has been and that’s the way it always will be. It’s never been about aviation, it’s always been about giving the public false confidence that the aviation watchdog is doing a great job at ensuring safe skies for all. Now, we all know that is a load of baloney, but the public don’t know any better do they? As long as the Ministers ears are hearing the words “everything is fine, Australian aviation is safe and Qantas chairman’s lounge membership has been renewed” he is happy. And if the Minister is happy the Board will continue to be paid ridiculous amounts of money to meet together and sip herbal tea while eating kale sandwiches.