TB. –"Oh how I pray its Mike Smith, but that would probably be too much to wish for, given the extent of the "iron rings" rear guard action.
If Mike Smith has not been offered the post then the Bored has made it's first and probably fatal error. Mike could be on a jet and here ready to roll next week and does not need an introductory quarter year to be groomed by the Iron Rong. He'd hit the ground running and relax the ICAO/FAA nerves; the kudos from the Nigerian job alone would do the job.
Is giving Farq-u-hard-son a four month window of opportunity to cover up, shred and build a defence for likes of the McComic fifth column a second grave error? The smell of roses will be overpowering by the time the 'new boy' lobs in. By the time the new chum can find the exec dunny the GWM will be lined up, smiling faces, clean boots and spotless reputations. Probably not; there are 'other' ways to prevent this nightmare from becoming reality.
On the positive side , the GWM are playing against a first class team and perhaps will be back in the pavilion before the new boy arrives; Fawcett et al, plus the bored powerhouse of Boyd, Danos, Smith and Taylor can make some clear air, clear out the rubbish and get the brakes on before the Part 61 lunacy cripples what's left of industry and those who have invested heavily in it. Golly, if Truss has an epiphany and the rumours of ministerial displeasure pan out, it could just be an interesting quarter year.
We must hope that other, darker forces are in play and that the fumigators, pest exterminators, painters and decorators are sent in before the new boy arrives. In the unlikely event that the few brain cells available are used, the Acting DAS could start dishing out the parachutes while there are still some available, before the rush.
Toot toot.
Sarcs – that makes twice this week we have been impressed by the MSM journalists. What a shame that Ms. Devine or Ms. McCarthy don't report on matters 'aeronautical'; with that level of insight, talent and skill at work, it would be worth buying a newspaper again. The Telegraph article places a large red dot on some rather exposed fundamental orifices. Wasn't the Murky Machiavellian crew deeply implicated in the 'Pink Bats' saga ?– Oh dear; how very unfortunate...
