Operational Control at Bankstown
If I remember correctly, whenever I went into the briefing office at Bankstown there were Flight Service Officers and also, I think, someone from the MET Department and also the "Operational Controller” who used to check the additions on your flight plan and a few other things and then put a big stamp on it. Can someone advise if the Operational Controller only checked plans that were going into controlled airspace or did the Operational Controller check all plans?
I understand the Government doing Operational Control came in after the Kyeema crash into Mount Dandenong where the pilot had put wrong time intervals on the flight plan and descended too late. Of course, Operational Control by the CAA was abolished, saving the industry (I understand) about $30 million a year. I’m glad I was involved in that.