If I was the accountable Airservices Manager, I would be looking at it this way:
If it all turns to poo and there's a bump in the night, how will the ATSB/Courts look at the changed procedure? Some of their questions might include:
- Is it International best practice?
- If not, and it's an "innovation", what is the catalyst for the change and has it been tested, trialled, safety analysed?
- Why is it that Licensed Staff are required to create and deliver clearances at present?
- Are the current Licensed Staff doing such a bad job of it that alternate arrangements need to be made? ... or is the change solely for Organisational expediency? If so, is it worth adding another potential hole in the swiss cheese,just to squeeze a bit more coin out of the budget?
Until I could answer these questions appropriately, without a quiver in my voice, I would not be able to sleep too well at night.