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At Gladstone due to taxiway damage the Q400's have to backtrack to rwy10.
Bundy is another one for backtracking, Thangool and Emerald also. Bundy and Gladstone have high daily arrivals and departures thus causing delays.
Fortunately at Gladstone we all work in pretty well together with circuit adjustments to accomodate RPT. But as I said RPT has a good chance of going if the rains do anymore damage especially rwy10 near taxiway Delta.
We have no ICU at our Hospital and pretty well no Specialists so all urgent accident and cardiac pateints are transferred to Brisbane with RFDS, as well as the General Public having to go RPT to Brisbane for Specialist Medical Treatment.
This will not be possible if we lose our Runway. It's only when this happens the Public will wake up to the seriousness of the situation
Everyone in Town should be on to our newly elected MP as well as the new Minister and Opposition Leader, but apathy prevails
Frothy