Opinion: Force multipliers we need are around us

 “The inches we need are everywhere around us” – Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday

In the true spirit of Australian Aviation, I’m writing this opinion piece at 35,000 feet, on QF22, Dallas Fort Worth to Melbourne, with just over eight hours and about 4,000 nautical miles to run on one of the longest commercial flights in the world.

I’m on my home from the 2023 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) – the world’s largest gathering of training and simulation professionals – in Orlando, Florida.