Nautilus, it is a wonder they have not started applying pressure to ASA and the minister already. The airlines (passengers), through extended traffic delays and lack of services, have been footing the bill for a few years now.
How odd that a Government that is so keen on taxing carbon is also holding the purse strings for an entity that can leave us up there churning through tonnes of fuel for almost an hour! We could abolish ASA all together and the whole country can live on the carbon tax alone.