APEC AELW R902 - Insanity or are we just plain scared?
There is an AIP SUP available from the airservices web site that describes the restrictions on Sydney airspace for a period from 30th August to 10 September. Unreal. I thought I was reading a document written by the Kremlin in Cold War Russia. As a pilot, I feel my Australian rights have been subsumed by a force residing in the White House, thousands of miles away. Why 10 days? Why not the 2 or 3 days when "Mr Simple" is in town? Why write a paper that is so anti civil aviation? I understand if they have to impose HIDACZ, but why irate the tax payers that fly outside this area?
Then, I read in the papers that 3 train stations will be shut, cell phone jammers will be used in parts of the CBD? Snipers will be posted on buildings. Have the lunatics really taken over the asylum? Hmmm, and I used to think we live in the Lucky Country. May I propose Poeppel's Corner for the next APEC conference?