Well said, bring back the old "Crash comics" They were great information,simple and informative
The proposition to change the current format of FSA back to the original Aviation Safety Digest that had always enjoyed universal success, was canvassed two years ago with the current editor. The proposition was knocked back based on the fact that FSA magazine had to pay it's own way and it could only do that by copius advertising which is what we see now.
Just before the current editorial team took their desks, the previous editor Mr Robert Markmann was handed the job on a temporary basis (he was actually an illustrator) to replace yet another editor who had left. Markmann did an excellent job in the short time he was editor and FSA improved remarkably. He must have done too well, because he was "retrenched" by his superior who himself left shortly after.
The current editor and her staff have no operational experience (meaning pilots) and this shows in the current format of the magazine. Although so far only 20 or so correspondents have replied to the original post on Pprune about the short-comings of FSA, I would not be surprised if the majority of licence holders that receive FSA free of charge in the mail, bin it soon after. In marked contrast - and judging by the Pprune replies on this thread and previous others over the past year or so, Aviation Safety Digest copies were hoarded like gold. Surely therefore this sends a message to those who have responsibility for running Flight Safety Australia magazine that there is something seriously wrong with their product