And therein lies the difference between the 2 countries, Leaddie. In the USA, there are hundreds of cities spread across the countryside "with a choice of 15 GA airports … in a thirty mile radius" of each of them. In Australia, there might be two – Sydney and Melbourne – that fit that description, notwithstanding the similar land mass of the 2 countries.
Dick seems not to be able to comprehend that the US needs and can afford its system, because its got ten times the people using and paying for it.
BTW Dick: I said "right message".