And here's me thinking that Puffy...once an inside man..until the wheels fell off ....was the fount of all av-knowledge.
Nah, once a 'R'egulator always a 'R'egulator!
But interestingly 'Regulators' and ex 'Regulators' hold dear those special qualities that draws them to the fight over and over again - It's that bullying quality, sociopathic tendency and underdeveloped genitalia that binds them together much as the same way my excrement binds with corn. They live to 'R'egulate industry because it is an outlet for them - They were bullied at school, lost their virginity to a middle aged Aunt, have a wife who keeps one of the 'R'egulators testicles in her left hand and her Mother holds his right one in her hands. They can't cut it in the real aviation industry so they hide amongst those special breed government departments in which the culture encourages, promotes and fosters - incompetence, inbreeding, laziness, foolishness and spit roasting of executive management. We all know the type they are - usually they collect things like ice cream wrappers, nose hairs or scabs, listen to Harry Belafonte and they can recite the hippocratic oath backwards with a mouth stuffed with cucumber sandwiches and truffles! Once they retire or are finally pineappled they usually sulk away for a bit of time, ponder over what could have been, play with their enormous payouts or hush money for a while and then pop up in a similar role on a similar agency somewhere, where they can once again meld with like minded psychopaths and socio's and start plying their trade once again upon an unsuspecting industry! Oh there is the standard waffle and bravado - big talk about precious so-called successes, boasting about how much legalese and regulatory jargon they can speak, how many international olly jolly's they have attended over the decades and how many troughs they have skinned. Hell sometimes they even boast about what high level politicians they have eaten the odd canapé or three with, and how many times they have dressed up in their Professors uniform complete with pipe, slippers and spectacles and participated in nude conga lines with other supportive folk
But in the end they never change.
So, aroa, my friend, indeed you must remain aware that such individuals are out there 'R'egulating amongst us and you MUST ensure that you use the correct font in your log book, you keep your pilot shirt ironed, tucked in and your epaulettes are robustly polished, you correctly pronounce all words contained within the aviation phonetic code, and should you decide to indulge in a game of 'hide the salami' with a nubile inexperienced flight attendant in the Cabin you remove all DNA evidence before you leave the aircraft parked!