Reply to Whatwasthat 26/12/2002
I am a Yank Airline pilot who has flown a little bit in Oz and have been reading with interest this NAS proposal and all the resistance to it. I have read some of the info on the NAS websight and I think you are wrong about traffic info supplied to aircraft operating in the terminal area of a non-tower airport. I believe DTI will be provided in the NAS to aircraft approaching or departing a non-tower airport as is current practise.
Also, you discuss concerns about regions in Oz which have significant traffic and no radar. It would help me if you defined significant traffic. After flying in the U.S. for a long time and flying in Oz for several years, I find we may have differences about what significant is.