Your logic has me perplexed, Dick.
The only conclusion that may reasonably drawn from the squiggly lines and numbers is that there is no causal link between airways charges and hours flown. One sector is “continuing to boom” whereas another is “continuing to drop in hours”, irrespective of the airways charging regime. One could just as easily (but just as mistakenly) interpret the squiggly lines and numbers to mean that paying airways charges must be good for business.
Indeed, the decline in GA hours in Australia started at exactly the point that you, as Chairman of the CAA, introduced fees for “regulatory services” and aeronautical information that had previously been provided free of charge.
The squiggly lines and numbers therefore “prove” that Dick Smith’s bright ideas are bad for GA.