I have just arrived on the seen in Oz and I can't believe the scuttlebug that is getting around within the industry regarding the Townsville QR issues.
All I can add to it (as what I have heard) is:
1. If ex RAN crews are the best people for the job, then so be it; if they're not the best or recruitment bias is seen, then questions should be asked...
2. It doesn't matter where you come from on this small planet; a government that has the strangle hold on a service that is at the beck and call of government depts and/or the politicians then ever they require a lift here and there will protect it. Then when a competitive commercial organisation comes on to the scene to threaten the status quo, all stops are brought out to ensure that through the endless
tender paperwork and hurdles imposed by the gov' make any company think twice about continuing with their tender application.
More than likely, the real operating $'s are twicked to make the gov' service look good against comercial competition.
