I would certainly support a Class D tower before a $13.5 million fire station with 17 staff.
Even better - the tower operated on a contract basis by ATCs. Years ago a group of Aussie ATCs contacted me as they wanted to run contract towers at a far lower cost than AsA. Means we could get twice as many towers as there would be no need to cover the enormous AsA Canberra overheads.
And Bloggs. Have you ever flown a class E approach in France, the U.S. or Canada? I have many times , both in radar covered and no radar airspace. I would prefer the safety of class E . I have not experienced delays.
And what's wrong with the Firies running the Unicom and giving traffic info?
Suggest everyone reads the major article on this on the front page of the Aus this weekend or listen to Macca today. It's just the start!
And I flew into Newman a few weeks ago. Ridiculous! Hugely expensive RFFS without even a Unicom ,tower or controlled airspace to help prevent runway collisions or mid airs in the first place
Last edited by Dick Smith; 31st May 2015 at 03:23.