Originally Posted by
aviation_enthus
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!!
Wet aren't lazy. The working week is getting longer, not shorter.
It's the investors who are playing us for mugs. Look at the toll roads for a similar investment model. Buy a monopoly and milk it for all you can. They can't build a runway at Melbourne but they have more car parks than you can shake a stick at with all the finest flyovers and roads to conveniently drive into them.
Macquarie bank was buying up all the taxi licences. The price of a licence went from something like 150,000 to 500,000. Then Uber appeared out of nowhere to spoil their party.