So Ron Lawford is:
a) Saying that a doubling of the risk is "negligible" (Based upon what calculation, by the way Mr Lawford?)
b) Saying that the Minister is not telling the truth when he says it is safer.
Ignoring the fact that the most serious incident so far (Launceston) occurred when every player was doing what they should have:
1) No VCA (VFR pilot entitled to be there.)
2) No transmissions by the VFR aircraft (because he was ‘educated, not to)
3) No chance of ATC being able to provide a service because he didn’t know about the Tobago
4) Despite one of the DJ crew looking and getting within 200FT and less than a mile, no ‘see and avoid’ opportunity.
To put it simply, the ‘one in a hundred’ incident was one circuit breaker away from happening, within less than a month of implementation.
Let’s face it – the system is less safe (AOPA acknowledges it, Dick Smith acknowledges that C is safer than E).
Let’s make it safe again. The time for political face-saving is over.