"The cost".....of a healthy, young Aussie (or non-Aussie, or Indigenous Aussie for the PC Brigade) with 40 years ahead of them is currently
$5,100,000AUD according to the
PMs Department.
What would E over D and a Tower cost to implement and operate at Ballina? More or less than a couple of fatalities from two Cessna's coming together? What about a Jabiru and an A320, or a '208 and a 737 with 100POB? There's half-a-billion right there...
We all know the risk, and we will all say
"I told you so...." when, not
if, the inevitable happens.