Yeah, right Dick. You make it sound like a good thing. Then, as now you miss the point. In the US there is radar coverage down to 500 feet nation wide. Before beep-back,TCAS and ADSB CTA's were simply dangerous. No, Leadsled, there was no aluminium shower. We were just very, very lucky. There is a filing cabinet somewhere in Canberra under lock and key with all the ASIR's from the early days of ops. in CTAF's. Several will be mine (I kept copies Dick.) . Never heard a word of feed back. The powers that be had decided it was going to work regardless. You would have had sleepless nights Dick if you knew of the number of serious incidents between RPT Jets and no-SAR light aircraft early on. It was a debacle. You were very, very lucky to get away with it.
Last edited by George Glass; 11th Mar 2019 at 05:12.