[LINK] Government personal data sold to crooks

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On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 13:26, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Howard Lowndes wrote:
> > Well, only the other day they published a list of the details of Reg 35 
> > engineers, these are aircraft engineers who are registered with CASA as 
> > being able to design and approve major modifications to aircraft.  Now, 
> > what right do they have to publish that list, and more pertinently, one 
> > of the pieces of data that they deem relevant is "Gender".  Now, you 
> > tell me what gender has to do with being an aircraft engineer.
> 
> I've just remembered why gender is so important in aviation - it depends 
> upon whether you call the pointy end the Cockpit or the Box Office. 
> boom, boom.

i know a Transgender pilot ... i don't believe s/he would find it quite
that amusing.

Tim Lister
South Sydney Greens
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