[A] huge experiment fraught with risk, and it was very definitely an experiment.
Just like the masterpiece that is the Ballina Broadcast Area and SFIS. Ask the heavy metal drivers – not the enthusiastic amateurs – what they think of it.
And mandate ASD-B then watch the accurate returns on radar screens collide.
Yep: No one should ever presume to upset government agencies doing it their way in the name of ‘safety’.
Part of the AsA disease is common to other departments. They keep hiring middle managers, safety managers, compliance managers, HR managers, etc. and retrench operational staff to pay their salaries.
But that’s why these organisations exist: To suit themselves.