Dick Smith and Broome Airport
Dick,
I hope this message finds you and yours well. As you are aware there is some debate over the height and radius of the ATC to be installed at BME and KTA.
For the record we (BME) think as do most airline Chief Pilots and ATC that 25Nm and 4500ft is required and have asked CASA to give us the DAS that shows us this no cost addition to safety is incorrect and that Chief Justice Gibbs ruling on negligence does not apply.
To date I have not received a DAS from CASA for this terminal airspace change.
I hope an increase incidents and not a catastrophe will prove the point that the radius is too tight for effective ATC comms.
Cheers Mike Caplehorn
Chairman BIAG