1. As others have said before - there was no specific safety case permitted for
Australia for NAS. The safety risk was never specifically proven.
2. Just because the Septics do it doesn't mean it is best practice. Why the
obsession with this? American best practice is often an oxymoron.
Australia probably had best practice using in and out of CTA,
OPS control and Flight Service. But we wouldn't know without analysis.
Otherwise is like saying the Mormon (choose your own) faith is the best religion
in the world.
3. At the time of the commencement of the Australian Airspace and
Procedures chaos - FAA Inspectors were saying (to me, whilst in the States)
DO NOT GO TO ALPHABET AIRSPACE PROCEDURES.
4. The consequence is that we changed the whole system based upon OPINION
using illegitimate power and influence.
5. Hazard a guess at the cost and confusion that the continuous flip-flopping
of airspace and procedures rules has cost Australia.
6. There were more close encounters than we wish to know about,
that were reportable one day and not the next!
7. NAS has zero to do with the relationship between Airservies' management and ATC. The relationship has always been bad - today it is particularly bad. No one
who can change this will admit that commercialised ATC, in Australia, has failed.
8. This thread wreeks of hidden aganda.