When ADSB was first announced, didn't Airservices say that they were going to pay for the unit to be placed in the aircraft as it would save them millions of dollars per year not to run the aging radar hubs?
No, they didn't, just some very tricky bait, and the gullible mob believed what they were intended to believe.
There was a rolling payment schedule that reduced the amount they would pay depending on how close to the deadline you got the unit fitted!
No, there wasn't.
What there was was a suggestion from CASA as to suitable amounts for private, charter and commuter operations --- as rough categories. The amounts suggested by CASA were laughable, in the case of commuter categories (-8 200/300) the CASA $$ figure was about one fifteenth the real cost --- AUD$25,000 versus $350 - 400,000.
Indeed, the figures in the FAA NPRM were in the ballpark of real costs, that CASA didn't even bother to look at the FAA numbers tells a story.
So are we now expected to pay for a more expensive unit,
Yes!!
AND Airservices reap the profits?
Yes, a massive cost shift to what is left of aviation in Australia.
Tootle pip!!