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this article has been removed from the Crikey Blog – Plane Talking.
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Aviation Advertiser carries a similar article – J*Flap.
If there is any truth in either of these articles, however you may read them highlights the tip of the very large iceberg, in which some of the deep issues infecting the commercial, legal and operating safety of Australian aviation as it stands today, are hidden.
The Senate has been contemptuously fobbed off with soft "white" paper.
The levels to which the CASA apparently happily descend to, in order to maintain the regulator with a capital R image in public view are clearly visible
The perceived willingness of the ATSB to be complicit in the scam being foisted on the public is apparent in the differences between Tiger and J* reports.
It appears there is no depths to which the Minister will nor descend to avoid responsibility for the pitiful, embarrassing mess called the Australian aviation industry.
Is the Senate happy to accept a seemingly defunct CASA, a glove puppet ATSB service, an ATC system which is coming apart at the seams, an industry in almost open rebellion and a public which cannot be kept in the dark for too much longer ?.
Seems everyone's arse is covered except the those of the travelling public, who sooner or later will ask those awkward questions which will have the vermin scampering into the dark, damp corners.
Time to join the dots ?, I believe it is.