mjbow 2, Indeed!
The only Australian pilots opposed would be a very few untravelled ignorant ones that have been brought up within "the local system." And of course, there is always one or two elderly airline gentlement scared stiff of ever getting a TCAS RA, not having the required alertness or reflex action to deal with it.
Dick has only become alienated with a couple dozen archaic union bludging whiners, playing the "safety card" to an uneducated media...and any others that care to listen to such drivel...