Originally Posted by
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from what I hear it was all news to them on the day it was announced by CASA.
I went to an AsA information night the other night and the AsA controller doing the presentation said pretty much the same. CASA gave them the directive with little prior notice and caught them unprepared for it.
With the new ruling with regards to requiring a clearance to cross a non-active runway by day (at GAAPs), the statistics for runway incursions went through the roof for the month of July!