We'll probably see more of this sort of thing in the near future.
West Wyalong is one thing, but the pulling out of Parkes will see the local community lose their air service because of outside circumstances and local government greed and ineptitude.
Rex are now cancelling flights on an almost daily basis. The reason, not enough crew! Surprise surprise you might say. It's amazing that the local authorities have not either grasped nor appreciated this.
REX are struggleing to crew flights, and the decision to cancell Parkes would have been a no-brainer. If the Council at Parkes do not want to lose this service, then they may need to think about subsidies. So what do they do? Raise the head tax! Well, the Einsteins on the Parkes council wont be reaping the extra revenue now. They have effectively done the ratepayers out of nearly $200K per year and lost them their air service in one fell swoop!