Kharon's post #532 hits the nail on the head. Only a half brained bureaucrat would stop the most important part of an aircraft investigation - Retrieval of the black box, from taking place on the basis of saving a couple of thousand dollars. And this guy is the chief of the ATSB? Good god.
AF 47 comes to mind. Millions spent looking for the boxes. Why? Not just to get to the cause of the accident but to learn from the accidents parameters and improve the overall system.
Beaker wouldn't even sign off on a retrieval cost of up to 20k. Hell, he would spend that on just one trip to Montreal or some other irrelevant non-descript pony pooh exercise without blinking (or memememememe-ing).
You reap what you sew and Australia is reaping an inept, unsafe and truth covering ASA, ATSB and CASA. The Politicians responsible for allowing this ludicrous mess to occur in the first place and then continually support the hiring of bureaucrats, suckholes, nupties and bulls#it artists to mismanage these portfolios is now so laughable it hurts!
"Unsafe skies for all"
Beaker and The Screaming Skull
