The silly old 2 Airline policy might have been a cumbersome duopoly but at least the public was safe.
A. Le Rhone,
Quite how did you come to the above conclusion. I suggest you look up a few facts, including how may DC-3,DC-4, F-27 and particularly Viscounts were lost during the above era . And the airline size was a fraction of the size now.
Safer
??? Go read your history.
Compared to how many fatal accidents to RPT since the 2 airline policy was dropped in the first Hawke Government
??? And if you exclude the "regional" fatals ( a category that was largely non-existent in the "two airline" era) how many RPT fatals does that leave
????
Tootle pip!!