A desperate struggle is occurring at Archerfield Airport.
All aviation hub business will be irretrievably lost and the airport turned into an industrial park if Federal Minister Truss approves the 2005 – 2025 draft master plan for Archerfield.
All of the Beatty road side of the airport and the Mortimer road side – the entire aviation precent is scheduled for destruction by re-zoning as General industry or Light Industry.
Large hangars are already being torn down and aviation leases not renewed! Check the story and pictures at
www.aircentre.com.au (select News Desk and Week 1).
It is a sad day when pilots have to tear down hangars on an operating airport. All so they don’t become the property of greedy airport leasing companies who think they have a right to your asset and a right to profiteer from and cause harm and misery to those struggling in general aviation.
We need a show of strength to demonstrate to Minister Truss that the proposed plans for Archerfield are NOT in the interests of Aviation and won’t be tolerated. Minister Truss has to consider your validly lodged objection when deciding to approve the master plan. Failure to object means the plan is not contested by civil aviation users and you are giving it your tacit approval.
All pilots across Australia and their passengers, or any aviation business that deals with the airport or other civil aviation user can lodge an objection to the draft Master Plan. You do not necessarily need to have flown into Archerfield recently.
Objections must be received by 17 August 2005 otherwise they won’t be considered.
Download a pilot/civil aviation user objection form here and post it by 15 August 2005. DO NOT DELAY. DO IT NOW
Click this link to download the objection form.
http://www.scoutsqld.com.au/branch/s...lyer-Final.pdf
Even the Scouts have been slammed hard by this Commercial Ruthlessness.
The Scouts’ Air Activity Queensland (SAAQ) Centre lease costs were raised from $4,992 in 1998 (before privatisation) to $50,965 in 2001. The first rental review of the lease after privatisation was on 1st October 2001. The SAAQ received notification on 5th July 2001 from Archerfield Airports Corporation (“the notice”) that the new rental was $45,000.00 (nearly six times the former rental) bringing the total rent after notified increase to $50,965.20 plus GST.
The Scouts under financial duress surrendered their youth safe loading area block 615 in July 2003, and negotiated the total leases down to the amount of $31,847.20 including GST, but not including outlays.
But only a few days ago on 3rd August the Scouts have been hit yet another blow with ground lease rents being raised by another $13,000. The scouts can only use their lease for an air activities centre – not general industry – so they cannot possibly ever make their centre pay and are therefore being driven from the airfield.
We need to act now to stop further degradation of aviation activities at Archerfield. Download the objection form and post it NOW!
Thanks, Paul
Added by Edit
Forgot to add...here is a picture of the Scout Air Activities Centre that looks certain to be lost when the lease runs out in 2007.
http://www.scoutsqld.com.au/branch/s...airactivities/