Steve
if nothing else this matter has highlighted the need for articulate FOI lodgement strategies - it's kind of the sidebar issue, but it is an important one that all aviation unions need to clearly understand.
It also underscores the need for ensuring Safety Management Systems are not as one Union eloquenty described as "being dumbed down" through poor/divertede/filtered/complacent inputs.
The Regulatory environment should not be the new frontier of cost cutting
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