Knumb Knuts
"The facts - just the facts St. G & the D
Terry the G - Dick (Holt) retired in 1978 and had no dealings with the poor little rich Hungarian listhper who raided in 1979. Brooksbank was around and you can be assured his sage advice was taken. That's history. If you think the outcome would have been any different - that's c**p. Sorry mate.
Dunno about this year - but next there will be a major PU at a venue TBA."
KK - Dick too gave sage advice to the troops '89-'90 but it was too late. Those open letters that he wrote, (paying himself for prominent space in the national daily), were a reiteration of his credo, his unwaivering dedication to the standing of the profession and his lifelong concern for it's members. Many times when the stakes were highest he walked the fine line between giving the membership his all and causing air travelers the least pain.
Rather than dance on grave(s) next year, maybe a trawl through the record for a good clutch of pithy observations from the centre and the sidelines would be a better recourse than more bile. "Don't talk about the war"?
Why not? There will always be lessons to learn, conclusions to be drawn. Opinions to consider. And opportunities to say out loud, "Good health!"
(Another fine line is the one the bodgie walks all the time - that thin fine line between bull**** and charisma. As John Clarke once had it "Rob, Rob, Roberty Rob, James Lee Hawke MP, Took great care of his image, For it was plain to see, If he was noticed talking to blokes, Whose boats did well on the sea, Millions of voters would fail to notice, The blokes were charging a fee.")