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Old 28th Oct 2013, 13:03
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Arise Sir Hood

Greg Hoods position has been confirmed. Word on the street is that some positive traction has been gained since Greg left the S.S CASA and came back home to ASA in January. And I guess he didn't really fit the mould of your standard CASA executive as Greg doesn't need to eat with a spoon, take afternoon naps and line up outside QML at 0700 in the morning, he still has quite a number of years left in him. A few of my comrades have stated openly that 'what is CASA's loss is ASA's gain', interesting perspective. Thoughts?

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He won't be able to do a whole lot until he's CEO. Mind you what he will do will be quality. He's not a bull****ter or spin merchant. He'll be able to read and interpret a daysheet & won't fall for or ignore the horse**** that tends to get filtered up.

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This is excellent news! A good news story for oz aviation for a change.

JR summed it up perfectly.

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So what was he doing at CASA?
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Go Hoody...

Great news for him and the industry..

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Sprocket, he pretty much ran the operations side of things at CASA. Although he knows how to play the game he pretty much achieves results with whatever he puts his hands to, so to speak. He ran circles around the old out of touch executive deadwood at CASA and naturally they didn't like being shown up for who and what they really are. If, and I say if Staib is smart she will let the Hooded one loose to ply his trade, she can then sit back as CEO and enjoy the the benefits of his good work.
CASA being CASA kyboshed positive changes and a pace above snail level, and they did nothing to keep the Hooded one in their ranks, fools. So sit back and watch ASA be transformed whilst his former employer continues its race to the bottom of world standards.
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Have to concur
Definitely one of the good guys, & owns his own aircraft to boot.
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Is Hoody the model that future executives should be based upon?

Interesting that this thread so far raises an interesting observation, one that the Senators should keep an eye on, and that is there are people out there who seem to have the correct skill set to manage components of the regulatory aviation maize down under. Once these people have been identified they should be short listed and fast tracked (as has been done with Hoody at ASA) into high level positions where they can use those skills and momentum to weed out the grubs holding back industry and holding aviation in Australia to ransom. Hoody is half the age of his former counterparts at CASA and his drive, capability and intelligence should have been harnessed and expanded rather than shut up in a shoe box by the GWM. CASA is stale and the long term executives quite simply need to pushed out to pasture once and for all. They are out of touch with the 'new' world which came about a decade ago. They are asleep at the wheel and have been for a long long time.

The question now is how do we clone Hoody so he can simultaneously be used to fix CASA and the ATSB as well? Anyone for a Hoody doll?

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The de-Gregification of ASA continues
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Rapt to have Hoody in the chair. He has a finely honed BS detector. Well done CEO Staib, light at the end of the tunnel. Hoody gets things done rather than trying to spool up the happy clappers.
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Never met a nicer guy. A true gentleman. Congrats Hoody.
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He who laughs last.

Funny how things work out, seems a bad rap from the GWM and it's comical glove puppet can work wonders. Clever, subtle man the Hooded one. It's to be hoped that ASA give him the horsepower to explode, in his own quiet way the deeply entrenched barrier defences and provide the kids at the coal face with the right gear, plenty of troops and at least a fighting chance of getting a day or two not strapped into a busted chair, half asleep sorting and shuffling aircraft.

One of the best pieces of legerdemain I ever had the pleasure of seeing came from Hood, all neat, nearly legal, scripted as required, except; on the nearly last pages crucial Hood input and signature was missing. This was essential if the matter were to stick. The matter is not, as yet public, but Hood can wait; the fuse was lit and some payback for the torrents of abuse, silently suffered may yet cause him to smile.

CASA lost yet another good man, only to replace him with what?.
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