Originally Posted by
Al E. Vator
..if I'm correct this nonsense has been going on for years. SIR Peter Abeles of TNT/Ansett fame helped attain the title via his friend SIR Robert Askin, neither outstanding citizens? Subsequently he was appointed by mate PM Hawke to the board of the Reserve Bank.
And another case of a spoilt rich boy crashing a plane via inexperience and then being awarded one of these for bravery or some such.
Being devil's advocate, hasn't Joyce done a good job turning QF around and getting it's share price up?
Being realistic however, hasn't he just done done his job? Is that really "services to aviation"?
It does seem to place undue value sets on people who just do their jobs rather than people who excel for an extraordinary feat or achievement (e.g.: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith)
Er, mentioning Hawke and Abeles, can cause digestive problems in ancient airman. Most of us hope we live long enough, to have the best pi## up ever, then procede to Hawke's place of rest. It will be a great relief.