Walley2 posted a letter from Dick Smith above, and the third paragraph of Dick Smith's letter is a quote from the Design Aeronautical Study into Broome International Airport:
“The important distinction to draw is the difference between “airport information” and “Directed Traffic Information”… DTI is more than “airport information” and provides additional lines of defence… In this report, and preliminary aeronautical study, it is the provision of a “Directed Traffic Information” (DTI) service that is significant.”
But this isn't what I read from the actual Design Aeronautical Study into Broome International Airport, at the top of page 37:
http://www.broomeair.com.au/Broome%2...ce%20Study.pdf
The quote in Dick Smith's letter is missing a vital sentence, which to me completely negates the argument of his letter.
I have taken the paragraph from the top of page 37 and highlighted the missing sentence in bold:
The important distinction to draw is the difference between "airport information" and "Directed Traffic Information". Directed Traffic Information is essentially a hazard alerting service, although not a control service. It is the same as the Airport Advisory Service in AC 90-42F, and the same as is being provided by Broome CAGRS under the present Australian rules. DTI is more than "airport information" and provides additional lines of defence and allows higher traffic levels before communications saturation occurs. In this report, and the preliminary aeronautical study, it is the provision of "Directed Traffic Information" (DTI) that is significant.
How can anyone leave out the key sentence which explains the whole thing, even thought the explanation is the opposite of what they want?
I cannot find any explanation of how this vital sentence could be missing, other than deliberately.
This is a big concern for me. In the matter of aviation, which is a serious matter with safety implications that affect lives, such deliberate manipulation is really a worry. I now feel that any statement by Dick Smith cannot be accepted by me until I have personally checked the references, quotes, 'facts' or statistics to see if any key sentences have been left out. I ask myself, what else has he said that is misleading?