Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
The rediculously expensive and unique to Australia " operational control" by the government was not removed until I became Chairman of CAA.
To save the industry needless costs!
So Dick. All these $$$ you saved.
Well spent, were they?
Things 'better' now? Safer? Yep we have TAAATS now, and 'ATC' to SFC.
And...??
Farmer Joe in his 172 any better off? What about old mate Charter operator with his two Chieftains? Regionals? Heavies?
Entertain me Dick. I really want to know, if all those reforms you enforced upon the industry were so cost effective and going to breath life-blood into aviation...
where is the money??
p.s what do reckon might be the bigger behemoth, Ops Control or the NOC??