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Old 30th Oct 2008, 06:29
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Dick,

I am at a loss. Your final statement
and which are a complete farce to satisfy Qantas.
appears to be where your true grudge lies.

The CTAFs you quote above appear to me to be all part of the training area used east of the Blue Mountains. Can't remember exactly, cos its been a few years since I was there! But if so, then as such, I would have thought monitoring the area frequency was all that is required in this stated training area. (124.55?) Your use of this area is anomolous - there are no other areas like this one in Aussie airspace so as such it is not representative of what the rules are set out for.

Your argument about this always seem to be directed at the majors, and in particular QF. For some reason, I cant fathom how it is that you see the lives of 170 pax onboard a jet to be so inconsequential compared to rights of the weekend warrior in his light bugsmasher (as opposed to that bugsmasher the little 737 ;-)), who is made to put out a couple of extra radio calls in the name of SAFETY!

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