Sunny. Why would MDX require a clearance south of Willy?
Surely just had to descend a bit to remain OCTA to Bankstown.
Once again I am not blaming military ATCs. In fact I feel sorry for them as their leadership is so incompetent..
The pilot of MDX never requested a clearance through Willy because he had been informed at Cooly he could not flight plan over Willy. It probably seemed logical to him that a flight planning prohibition meant you were not supposed to fly on that route. Logical
Isn't it fascinating how the BASI investigators supported the existing system and did not make one recommendation in relation to better use of radar and more enlightened flight planning requirements.
On Channel 7 I stated that I believed the controllers at Willy were as good as any in the world. Just needed modern procedures and airspace so they could prevent a similar accident from happening again
I love reading these posts. Shows me why it's so difficult in Aus to modernise the system!