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believed to be aeroplanes and you can track them all here:-
http://www.flightradar24.com/
Strange that looking at the members of the Board of the CAA only four of them seem to have any experience of aviation, the rest being the usual political appointees and Chaired by Dame Diedre Hutton, whose 'expertise' seems to be in food and is now on her 11th quango.
Looking at the job specification I see that 'The Chair will receive remuneration in the region of £130,000 per annum for a two day-per-week time commitment.'
Nice 'work' if you can get it!
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#2
All that money going to a chair, I wonder how much money goes to the person who sits in it!
#3
Q. Does the UK have a bigger sponger?
Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE
Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE is the Chair of the Food Standards Agency. She has served on a number of public bodies and has considerable experience of corporate governance, risk-based regulation and consumer policy in the areas of consumer affairs, food and financial services.
She is Vice-Chair of the European Food Safety Authority Management Board and Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority. She is one of the United Kingdom's leading experts in consumer affairs and was appointed Chair of the National Consumer Council in 2001.
She has previously served as Chair of the Scottish Consumer Council and as a member of the Better Regulation Task Force. She has held a number of positions on bodies dealing with food issues including a member of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (the Curry Commission) and Chair of the Food Chain Centre.
She has also been Chair of the Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Council, a member of the Foresight Panel on the Food Chain and Crops for Industry and a member of the Secretary of State's Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament.
She has contributed to the environment as Vice-Chair of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and was a member of the Sustainable Development Commission. She was also a member of the Energy Advisory Panel for the Department of Trade and Industry.
She has contributed to health, as non-executive Director of the Scottish Borders Health Board and a member of the King's Fund Organizational Audit Council. She was a member of the Wilson committee on complaints in the National Health Service and of the General Dental Council.
Dame Deirdre has given significant service to the consumer, the community and the country. She continues this work as Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority, Deputy Chair of the European Food Safety Authority and was a Trustee to the Picker Institute which is dedicated to enhancing the role of patients within medicine.
She has also contributed to the arts. She has been involved in the Scottish Arts Council Music Committee and founded a company to promote the performance of professional chamber music.
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#4
A: Yes - Tony Blair. You remember him, the warmonger ex-PM who was so set on waging war with Saddam Hussein that he wouldn't let a simple thing like the truth stand in his way and who now lines his pockets with every cushy number he can get.
True friends stab you in the front.
#5
All explained here in the Daily Mash:-
AS air travel resumes across Europe attention has shifted to the cause of volcanic ash, with many people fingering skanks.
Scientists, theologians and one daily newspaper claimed the volcano-related paralysis must be linked in some way to Britain's ever-worsening trollop infestation.
Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies said: "Volcanic ash is made up of trillions of sub-atomic particles that are irresistibly drawn to sassy little tarts who will do all kinds of mucky nonsense for a Bacardi Breezer and a fried egg roll.
"If you look at satellite images of the ash plume you will see that while its out-lying regions are having a sniff at the French and German floozies, the bulk of it is sitting over the UK and its incredibly strong concentrations of high-grade skankosity."
Meanwhile Icelandic druid, Frdn Snrdnssn, insisted that Loki, the vengeful Norse deity, had become enraged after watching an episode of Police, Camera, Action which showed Carlisle town centre knee deep in WKD and flailing, half-naked strumpets.
He added: "Our gods are quite old-fashioned and are used to maidens wearing about fourteen layers of moose hide and putting up a bit of a struggle.
"In Loki's day you had to appear as a flame-sheathed goat to get any action. Now it seems all you have to do is buy them a cocktail and pretend to own a Porsche.
"So, as you can imagine, when he saw that he was being outdone in the fandango steeplechase by a Cumbrian estate agent he decided to let one off."
Professor Brubaker added: "In the event of future eruptions we need a national strategy to get all British skanks covered up and in their own beds by 9.30. If not then we better pray to Loki that the ash is coming from one of Iceland's gayboy volcanoes."
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#7
So, a hard line Marxist left winger who plays the Capitalist stock market? Is there no end to the two faced lieing, cheating, deceiptfulness of the Government? How many more quangocrats have they created?
I am astonished that HMG couldn't find a qualified and experienced aviation professional for this role; there are plenty out there who would be deserving of £130k per annum for a couple of days a week. At least they would know what the hell they were doing.
So, WE, the taxpayer are forking out £650,000 over 5 years to someoen who hasn't got a clue about th eindustrty she is top dog for. Absolutely disgraceful.
The sooner we get rid of these charlatans the better, they are a disgrace to socialism.