Operational Control at Bankstown
$600 mill? Spent in a heartbeat and on the back of a solid front 9....
Even if the loss of 'personal touch' that Flight Service/Briefing/Ops Control bought to aviation in this country has only cost one life, how much was that life worth? What if it was 10 lives? 100? What about your life Dick? How much is it worth?
'World's best' economic practice does not equal 'worlds best' aviation practice. Given your success in the former, and what I've seen of the latter, I can see how you came to a contrary conclusion