Aussie Bob
Hi...I've been here as long as you have. Just to read and learn.
I did not join to just post on this thread.
I am posting on this thread as I was one of the air traffic controllers to whom Dick Smith refers.
I made my comment about VH-XXX as he attacked me personally that's all.
And, by the way, with my training, knowledge and experience I am hardly a newbie - except to this forum I guess...
If I was a 21 year newly graduated ATC or a similarly aged brand new flying instructor with 200 hours, maybe, just maybe you could get away with that insult...
And it's not about Secret Squirrel ops - its about BUSY - its about a control zone full of returning fighters at minimum fuel with the possibility of ejection if not put straight on the ground - its about perhaps aircraft from other nations doing Joint Operations where they require complete and utter flexibility across a huge expanse of airspace and No. 1 its about the safety of civilian aircraft caught up in that maelstrom.
Last edited by AirTrafficOne; 5th Jun 2014 at 08:14.
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