One of the perceived issues in dealing with the military is that when everything is peaceful, military activities appear wasteful. In times of war, they are invaluable. In my mind, the RAAF deserves every bit of Williamtown and neighbouring airspace and I'm content to put up with the very, very isolated inconvenience for the knowledge of having a highly trained and very capable air force at the ready.
Dick, do you feel it necessary to "outfox" everyone? Is it all part of some big competition with you to see who's the best or who has the most? I wouldn't have thought making a phone call was in any way combative, but what would I know. It seems like all that had to be done was for the controllers/regulators to be shown that incumbent laws were outdated (as is occurring more and more with advances in technology) and they were content to change. In many cases, the people doing the job know that the pertinent laws are outdated. They are just waiting for the prod to motivate the change.
Last edited by Lodown; 24th Nov 2008 at 23:39.