Sarcs, an eloquent, tasteful and dignified post. Well done
People such as Mr Urquhart, Samantha Hare, even Ziggychick are the human side to these accidents. And there are many many more who have, are, and will be touched by the by the actions and/or inactions of those entrusted with the care and oversight of Australian aviation. (You know who you are)
Would Mr McCormick, Mr Dolan, Mr Albanese and Mr Mrdak have enough fuzz on their fruit and dare to face people like the Urquhart's and Hare's face to face and look them in the eyes and deliver the same rhetoric, spin, denial and plain bollocks that they tell everybody else? Perhaps over a cup of tea Mr Urquhart and Miss Hare could share photos and videos of their deceased loved ones weeks, days or hours before being tragically killed? Or perhaps permit the Coroner to stick postmortem photos of their deceased loved ones under the nose of these career bureaucrats who have lost sight of the real world by hiding, protected - like rodents in a sewer, away from the real world, in silo's where truth and accountability are mere fantasy and where ego, pride and contempt for human life rules alongside bonuses and executive remuneration?
The Urquhart's and the Hare's are real people. What they have had to endure is a disgrace, it is a cold blooded squeeze on their spirit. It is a disgrace that so many other people can see these travesties for what they are - Senators like Fawcett and Xenophon, the Warren Entsch's , the experienced aviation folk, honest justice seekers and truth promoters like Paul Phelan and Ben Sandilands and the list goes on. Are all these people wrong? Are all these people actually what McCormick refers to as 'ills of society'? Are these fine individuals merely a manifestation of tautology, a pest to be dealt with by Government employees delivering sharp verbal jabs and soul destroying blows?
Hate to tell you this but in reality, much to the dismay of our friends sitting in Government agencies - we are all ordinary people. We breathe the same air and our **** smells the same. Tragedy potentially awaits any of us, anywhere, any time. It could be our story being aired in the media one day.
So FFS will somebody please act now. Whether it be the Feds, the good Senators bending the ears of Sunfish's beloved PM&C, a CAsA suit caving in to his tainted conscience or a powerful well meaning politician at the Ministerial level. Enough is enough.
'With responsibility comes accountability'