We heard a lot of good stuff during the latest FCL debate about how unacceptable EASA's proposals were. But when the crunch came, no-one actually challenged them and the proposals were voted through, even though they are still half-baked.
That's because EASA did an under the table deal with the MEPs, to get their votes.
Quite what the deal was I don't know but it would have contained various fairly standard (in politics) elements e.g. promises of measures to alleviate the fairly draconian measures being proposed.
Of course EASA can go back on those promises, because a few years down the road all of the elected members will be back home on the golf course and playing around with other projects.
I am sure the Romans had this to a fine art, 2000 years ago. The only difference was that
- there was no internet
- there was no TV recording Mr Goudot's "little test" garbage
- if enough people didn't like you, they
actually stabbed you in the back
What I find disturbing is that the worst and most anally retarded gravy train riders from e.g. the UK CAA and certain UK organisations involved in certification have emigrated to Cologne...