Australian Airspace Discussion
Lefthanded Rock Thrower,
One of the reasons NAS was high on the agenda is that we do not use the radar properly in the enroute airspace below 8,500 feet. I could see lives were going to be lost. Already six lives have been lost at Benalla and I would imagine we will end up with an airline accident with possibly 100 plus deaths at a place like Proserpine. Remember we still have the old flight service non radar procedures below 8,500 feet even where we have good radar coverage.
I do everything I can in parallel and airspace was just one of the “agendas” that I had. I also continually pushed for any reform that would better allocate our resources.