He said Airservices did not move fast to implement the CASA directive to bring Avalon under controlled airspace. It took them a year. They hybrided their way towards it, Mr McCormick said.
From RAPAC at the time I recall that while the Tower @ AVV was undergoing maintenance and being refurbished, and
staff recruited, relocated and trained, airspace designed and published via a chart release
Airservices - with the full approval of CASA OAR - as an interim measure, put in a CA/GRS.
So much for "hybrided". We (and presumably those at the coalface in CASA OAR) thought at the time the action was entirely appropriate.
I recall Airservices also put in a CA/GRS at BRM & KA as an interim measure before the Towers and airspace was ready, and have done the same thing at Hedland. In fact the latter has been operating at Hedland for a couple of years now I believe, because the traffic reduced to the point CASA OAR no longer required a Tower service.
However, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.