Raptor, I would guess a lot sooner than ten years.
The next couple of months will decide the fate of GA in Australia.
Unless there is an acceptance by our political masters that what has occurred the past few years has been a complete, corrupt, total waste of Taxpayers money.
Unless they write it off and start again, there is very little hope.
GA will go the same way it has gone in Europe.
The only consolation is NZ is not that far away for the junkies who cant do without their aviation fix. A shift to NZ is already happening and will accelerate as the cost and consequences of our regulatory regime continue to bite.
Our GA airports and their future was always going to end in tears.
They were never viewed by anyone except those involved in aviation as public utilities.
They were always those huge blocks of vacant land begging for development, there was never any hope an impoverished GA industry could counter the development sharks money.
I've had people say the airport act prevents it, yet they closed Hoxton Park, declared it freehold sold it to Woolworths and Mc Bank got all the money they spent on the three airports back and no doubt paid no taxes and charges.
Why does anyone imagine they couldn't do the same with Bankstown.
A billion dollars buys a lot of votes.