DCA days were tough but relatively fair
I would say you are looking at the past with rose-coloured glasses. The characters in those days could be just as arrogant and shifty as those accused of similar sins now. I remember after leaving the RAAF to join DCA (bad move in retrospect) and on my first day out of uniform being shown my dark and dingy little office in DCA HQ at Aviation House and told to sit down at my table, learn the ANO's and and keep my head down. Don't suggest anything. Don't try and change anything. Above all, don't make waves lest you bring down upon you the wrath of the very senior DCA public servants high in the top floor of the building and high on the food train.
