Everybody pays the ferryman
So CAsA and ATSBeaker get a free ride again do they?
Well if nothing tangible comes from all of this then the clock just ticked one tock closer to the stroke of midnight. Australia's biggest risk to aviation safety has been exposed (exposed about 20 years ago actually, but anyway) if the decision is to sweep this all under the carpet is taken then you have a new risk, a latent condition, which will ultimately involve a large passenger jet. Of course by the time it happens all the current dross will be retired and enjoying the fruits of a taxpayer funded career. But somebody will be scooping up the inevitable body parts. The blame game will start and so the cyclic game of spin and evade will begin once again. But the impact and shock waves will be greater.
At least some of us will have the small satisfaction of scrolling through pprune and rehashing threads like this which will have been long forgotten and we will say 'told you so'.
As for all the smarmy pooh poohers and inept government aviation individuals one thing is for certain - everybody pays the ferryman, everybody. Only time will tell if your free pass across the river Styx is valid.
As an old friend who now resides in the ICAO building in Montreal would say - TICK TOCK. (I've missed hearing that, R.I.P Gobbles)
Last edited by 004wercras; 30th May 2013 at 12:36.