Frank, you assert that Mark Skidmore is a puppet. What's the basis of this, other than prejudice?
I'm baffled by this kind of melodramatic blanket statement:
Skidmore is a slave of the bureaucrats who have an agenda to rid the skies of aviation that is outside the envelope of the "illiminati" who reserve the right to own the skies free of pesky individuals in "little aeroplanes". ie. anything that is not an airliner or military or belonging to the gods.
Honestly, what do you personally know of the guy, why he was appointed or what he may or may not do? Opinion indeed, and very defeatist too.