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Old 9th Apr 2016, 02:17
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Sunfish
 
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Originally Posted by LeadSled
Folks,
The below is from the Friday Australia, it is not about aviation, but it encapsulates, precisely, why any real reform is so bleeding difficult that it is bordering on impossible, and that goes double if aviation is involved.

I am old enough to remember the fight by the then pilots union domestic pilots branches of the APA, AGAINST the fitting of weather radar to Australian airline aircraft, as just one lunatic example. In another thread, recently, the refusal of AVM(Rtd.) Don Bennett to countenance the use of radio navigation aids at BSAA was detailed.

The quote is from William Morris (Billy) Hughes, the "Little Digger", several times Prime Minster of Australia.
  • Greg Melleuish
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  • April 8, 2016 12:00AM
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Does that strike a chord??

Tootle pip!!
And, strangely, peacetime ex-military officers are some of the most change resistant of all.
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