The feeling among professional pilots is that John Anderson succumbed to pressure from Dick Smith, a previous head of CASA, who is the architect of NAS, because Dick apparently said that he would run against him in his seat of Gwydier if he didn’t relent. Hmmm.
Actually, I believe Dick wasn't going to run for Gwyder, but was going to finance a friend to run instead. Mr. Anderson obviously didn't feel safe enough in his own electorate to have to face a well backed challenger........ I wonder how safe he's feeling now?