It’s an Australia problem - we are a lazy country
It’s not as simple as “blame ASA”.
Why doesn’t Melbourne have 4 runways?
(why are they debating which way a 3rd runway goes?? All that’s going to make is another Sydney - crosswind/one runway creates chaos)
Why doesn’t Perth have 2 parallel runways?
(The worst airport in Australia by far, also makes a 42% profit margin during the end of COVID!!)
Why did it take 50 years to start building Western Sydney?
Why were the Wagners (Wellcamp) laughed at when they showed a bit of vision?
Why does Melbourne still NOT have an airport train?
Why did it the initial plan for Western Sydney NOT have a train connection?
DO YOU SEE A TREND?!
We are lazy. On top of this policy does not encourage innovation or improvement. OH&S is a case in point, when was a bad “safety improvement” ever removed or reviewed as to its effectiveness?!
Change the landing fee structure so the airports have some “skin in the game”:
- first 5-10 minutes of airborne delay “free”
- from 10 minutes the landing fees are pro-rata down to $0 by 30 minutes.
Watch how fast they build runways!!
Or even high speed exits, which you’d think had never been invented….
As for ASA, build proper STARS that didn’t need the f$&@ing stupid “descend via” calls. We are all saying this but has anyone asked why?! Anyone been to the USA?
“cleared the XYZ arrival” - no other calls required because the STAR has all the height and speed requirements built in. No wasted radio calls!!