Unbelievable.
I've been reading all of the traffic re TIBA, but assumed that it was implemented out in the middle of nowhere. --Not acceptable, but at least the total traffic would be light. However, I now understand that it is taking place in the middle of somewhere (between Sydney and Canberra for chrissakes?) and that's absurd.
Is there no way to reroute aircraft through properly manned sectors? I'd expect that you'd then implement a ground delay to keep the level of traffic manageable for the sectors that are getting increased numbers of aircraft. And with the price of fuel, I'd expect that some political pressure may be brought to bear upon ASA from the impacted airlines...
Just trying to understand.
Dave