Hah sounds fairly typical. I can see the arguments over the air ground. 'Brisbane what is that QFA 76 paying you. I'll DOUBLE IT!' then the QFA dude will pipe up 'Hang on I'll see your double and raise you a half (in the back ground is heard...climb crossing climb! climb crossing climb! climb, climb now! as one of the hear no evil see all evil smashers of bugs ploughs across his bow as all this bartering takes away from see and avoid)
I wonder what the AIP approved currency will be for these bartering sequences? Will the Americans be assumed to be bidding in US dollars? What about the POMS? Sterling? We have a winner! Will ATC have to disperse congregations of aircraft in holding patterns so that they don't pose a terrorist threat because they forgot their wallet or it is the day before pay day?
Australian Aviation. Beautiful one day, dicked the next.