G'day farqueue,
Interesting question you ask about cost savings. Whilst not applicable to aviation, I recently saw some figures where volunteer bush fire brigade contribution in terms of days worked, property saved etc amounted to something like 7 million dollars for which they received grants totalling less than $500,000.00
The FRS at Jandakot was pulled many moons ago maybe early 90s. The buildings are now used by the airport owners to store their maintenance eqpt.
The question as to whether or not FRS presence on the field would have made any difference to the final outcome in this instance was the subject of much debate at the time.
Last edited by Islander Jock; 5th Nov 2004 at 13:28.