It's a con job. Beaker has his head on the line so he commissions an overview of his organisation by the Canadians. The scope of the review will be very very limited, and is a smokescreen. The maples will indeed look at Beakers 'beyond reason' methodology under the guise of 'best practise'.
Now not surprisingly 'best practise' is the key here, as it is not prescriptive nor is it quantifiable or measurable! The Maples will walk away saying something like 'ATSBeaker do indeed employ best practise. They do things differently down under but it is commensurate with their environment'. Beaker will be on fire and an endless stream of mi mi mi mi will fill the halls of Canberra.
Perhaps the Maples will request a copy of Beakers methodology over the Pel Air investigation to see if that was 'best practise'? In reality it probably was - failure to retrieve the wreck saved him precious budget money and it prevented a fully accurate investigation to be completed, that would have had serious implications for the government and CAsA! So yes indeed, it was best practise for Dolans ass to do what he did.
Who is paying for this 'working group of Canadians'? Is it coming from Beakers budget or the Canadians? Either way I am sure some working groups will come out of this little smokescreen and the end report will see some bipartisan collaborative workshops hosted in downtown Montreal.
Last edited by 004wercras; 2nd Aug 2013 at 03:54.