Wow, this thread still going, I thought it would have died a natural death by now. Anyone who thinks PEA will be gone in the near future, well sorry but your dreaming.
BUT, anyone in the RAAF that think there will not be changes coming, well your having the same nightmare.
Perth Airspace review in October. Acording to AsA "All options are bieng looked at". RAAF has been invited to the table, and told to expect some "Requests" for surendering some airspace. (Good luck)
A coridor or two have been muted as options, one through PEA from the North down toward 21 ILS. this may free up some of the traffic on the TASKER who come across from GEL and DONGA. This may take some pressure of the TASKA track, but won't fix the problem at aerodrome.
Old Bloggs is quite correct about the PH infrastructure, it cant handle the volume. All more airspace will do is create more space to put holding patterns.
But RAAF must understand that more airspace for PH is inevidable and that they will have to give up some. The numbers simply will overwhelme them.
RAAF alread crying poor and lots of talk about how under pressure 2FTS is already to pump out the product. Apparently the poor old QFI's can't even drive to work any more they are so fatuiged. There is talk of 2FTS flying on weekends, though I am not sure if this an issue of increase in over all flying hours or a strategy to fly with less instructors. maybee even a strategy to show how much they need ALL that airspace. AUSSIE27 has told us how the Yanks do it, surely the RAAF could come some way to the party.
One of the main issues at PH at the moment is training slot times, here the RAAF (DoD) must give consideration to alowing use of the NAVAID infrastructure and aerodromes to help relive the problem at PH. Sure RAAF needs to do maint. and other things, but wow you know all the other big busy aerodomes in Australia seem to be able to maintain thier infrastructure without closing for the weekends. RAAF Gingin Has a 2000m+ long 60m wide all weather runway which is (almost) NOT used from Friday to Monday (except RAAF flying club and some AAFC Cessnas and such). The PEA ILS and the blind ILS to the north of GIG are UNDERUTILISED, although I do hear that the owner of the paddock where the bilnd ILS is may not like the aircraft noise (good contract that one, hay).