Undervalued, that's where I believe you are wrong- it is exactly what I am talking about.
When you have a small group of vocal ATC's who resist change which is based on science the management will exploit.
The E Airspace the ARG want here is the same as the E Airspace as used in the US and Canada. ICAO has nothing to do with it.
Between Melbourne and Cairns our radar coverage is as good as any similar traffic density radar covered Airspace in the US.
If the radar coverage went to ground level at Benalla the result would have been the same as we are still using old Flight Service procedures in Radar covered Class G Airspace.
I fear we will have to have an Airline CFIT at a place like Proserpine or Hamilton Island killing 100 plus people before we use NAS procedures in Radar covered airspace in Australia.
Such is the resistance to change!
Last edited by Dick Smith; 31st Jan 2009 at 20:00.