But why, then, would Airservices have any hesitation in saying that the shutdown of an FSU (on an Island a loooong way into the deep blue sea and with notoriously unpredictable weather issues) was "Dick's idea"?
Exactly Creamy! It would appear that this 'discrepancy' (for want of a better word) has gone unnoticed since NIF lost its FS office and would have continued to have gone unnoticed if it hadn't been for this inquiry.
What troubles me is that if the ATSB hadn't had this change in ideology (that dates back 4 years) which limits the 'scope' of their investigations and inhibits the issueing of SRs this 'discrepancy' may well have been captured three years earlier and there now may have been action to address this safety issue!
The question that has to be asked is why have the ATSB if they are no longer an independent 'safety' watchdog!