It's suddenly clicked.
ATC don't think it is safe
Pilots do not think it is safe
A growing band of the Public (via their representatives) do not think it is safe.
NO JOBS WILL BE LOST FROM THE WORKFACE
THE TRAINING COST IS MASSIVE
Take the above quote in the context of Airservices'
TCU Integration project. Common thread? An incompetant department of transport? A minister being used as a puppet? Spare me the conspiracy theories but something is seriously wrong in this industry right now. I just hope ABC's Four Corners are starting their research now, it'll sure be a big story in the next few months. Oh, but I guess the old ABC bias chestnut will be trotted out. As chestnuts do.