We've all been dicked, even Dick.
I agree about Dick, like him or not he knows how CASA ticks, in more ways than one. The problem for Dick is that he never fully understood who his friends or enemies were at the higher levels, and the Iron Ring knew that, so in the end Dick got dicked. You gotta feel sorry for him as his intentions were admirable and let's be honest, his strategy/vision was in many ways better than that of the current misfits. Perhaps if he had way back then invented and applied some of his robust peanut paste to the iron rings shackles he could have slipped the shackles off the government and industry's wrists earlier in the peace?
Could Bartsch be the new adviser to Trusspot? Could he be one of the new board members? Would Ron be given the mandate and support to break the iron ring and dispose of the GWM once and for all?
Either way one thing is for certain, and that is the actions of Mr Truss in coming months in relation to who the new board members are, who the new adviser is, and whether he walks the Skull prior to March, and whether he shoves that embarrassment Beaker out the door in the new year will be the defining moment and loud message of whether we are truly going to have the slate wiped clean and our industry saved, or whether we are transitioning into another chapter of the decline and destruction of Australian aviation.
I hope Mr ICAO is playing very close attention to the continued decline of aviation safety.
Last edited by Paragraph377; 24th Oct 2013 at 23:46.