G'Day 'Peuce'.....
For Frank,
Slight Drift....
The FS 'Official Creed' in the later years just prior to our 'Final Demise'....
When we were 'losing' facilities, and half the staff were 'gorne'....(Took Redundo), our PH staffing had dropped from the ridiculous 128 or so, to around 40, and we were still doing the job - although by then, we were no longer 'servicing' VFR or Full SAR - even if they wished to be 'by request'....
and CTAFs / MBZs had replaced AFIZ's etc etc
"We the Willing,
Led by the Unknowing,
Are doing the impossible for the Ungrateful.
We have done so much for so long,
With so little, We are now qualified
To do Anything with Nothing......"
I had put in a submission for a VHF outlet to be established on top of Mt Bakewell at York, this would have given us and the 'resultant ATC' guys & gals, VHF coverage on the ground at Cunderdin etc instead of this being a HF call.....67 nm away....go figure....Projected cost at the time was around $10K, so 'they' said.
(Power and other facilites were already there..)
Wot I got was a box of paperclips 'With Compliments'....
Prompted by 'making a radio out of coconuts'....