Originally Posted by
Duck Pilot
Get the grooving machine onto the runway to clean the accumulated rubber deposits out! Don’t SACL do regular maintenance on the runways? They are legally obligated to by virtue of CASR 139.
Quite a a long time to have a NOTAM of this nature in force, particularly at Australia’s busiest aerodrome.
There is a far quicker return on investment from a sweated privatised asset in building carparks and shopping experiences than actually running an airport.
With respect to the CASR, you would be assuming the regulator is actually there to regulate.