Sorry
Bob it seems you too like the minister have got it wrong.
I fly is on the money. During the Q & A he responded to a Q and said someting along the lines "we are human and we make mistakes", a reporter jumped on this and asked him what mistakes in which he responded "National Airspace System" nothing about directorate.
And a Q for you Bob. Assuming you are right and I am wrong. Not having this Airspace Directorate in place before NAS was introduced, isn't that a admission in itself that he got it WRONG?