That never happened!
And thats a good thing that it didnt, because a few things would have happened by now;
- Airservices still would not have provided the CNS infrastructure to go with it and operate it like 'the US does'
- Which means we would have had procedural 'E'
and 2 things would have resulted.
a) an extremely inefficient lower airspace system that would have prevented Mangalore, but would be a nightmare to use for eveybody else, (thus creating its own residual risks that would need to be resolved) and;
b) Ballina still would have happened and would still be a risk we would need to mitigate.
Leading to the result, we would still be looking for a new airspace system, as I described, for efficiency and access as well as increased safety. Guaranteed we would still be here arguing for a better system.
And just for the record, the FAA have admited that NAS is in its twilight years, and
is not suitable for their future concept of operations. They are preparing for another system 'NextGEN'. Might want to have a read of where they going.....because it isn't Class E and NAS.
And the VOR post is clearly as valid today as it was when it was written.
So no, it is not.
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