Sarcs, until Ben gets out of blogging and into the mainstream media nothing will happen except that the airlines will get their way. Please understand that Ben is talking to the converted and until the great unwashed begin to understand that flight safety in Australia is on a downward spiral, nothing will happen.
Compare the 2 programs that have covered QF32. "60 Minutes" did a real puff piece, all of 20 minutes - miracles by brave Aussie crew in massive crippled aircraft- seen by large number of people who have had their opinion that Australia is the safest place in the world to go flying totally reinforced. "4 Corners" did something more insightful, actually like 40 minutes, looking deeper into the reasons for the failure and how the crew coped. However, there was one almost throw away line that related to pilot training (by the FO from memory), the rest of it was to be read between the lines. End result, pretty much the same message as "60 Minutes" but seen by a far more limited but more informed audience.
There will be no change in Australia until there is homicide on an industrial level. The issue is not on the public radar and therefore not on the political radar. It is not a party political issue as both major parties are as guilty as each other in allowing the fetid mess to develop. With tongue firmly in cheek, we need a reality program that actually looks at airline pilots and their work, not the "passengers behaving badly" rubbish. Perhaps a "Master Pilot" series where the viewing public can vote off pilots who make too many errors in their flights.
Seriously, you have to get the public interested or its futile.
