The Voice
Quite correct. Bushie’s comments were no doubt tongue in cheek, but it worth stressing that any operational communication between Dick Smith and controllers will be carried out in a strictly professional manner, exactly the same as with any other pilot.
It is unlikely, however, that any Australian air traffic controller would be willing to engage him in anything resembling a normal conversation, given the vile and vituperrious attack he launched upon the profession recently. Any sort of working relationship between Smith and large sections of the aviation community is now probably impossible, given the poisonous treachery of the man himself.