Originally Posted by Midnight
Traffic information in Class G airspace is a component of the FIS, and detailed in AIP GEN 3.3 2.13.
Tail wagging the dog. After the (political) decision was made brand Ozzie OCTA as Class G, of course there had to be a statement about DTI (as part of the FIS) in the AIP!
Australian aviation regulation: Ridiculous one day; more ridiculous the next; and a complete bugger's muddle two decades later.
Caused by the one and only Dick Smith. Let's see. Had he not come along, we would have AFIS at the busy jet ports, really busy, we'd have a tower, we'd have CTA and OCTA, and we'd have DTI for IFR when OCTA. Nothing would have changed and didn't need to. Fair enough taking VFR flight plans out of the system; if they want to go somewhere without telling anybody, that's their business.
The rest of the "complete bugger" changes has been totally, completely and unnecessary and I suspect has driven many lighty pilots from the industry as they just can't keep up. MBZ, CTAF R, radio requirements, E corridors, CTAFs, alphabet soup airspace, what has this change achieved? Nothing! You lot should be ashamed of yourselves.
Call the airspace what you like, but don't you dare run around scaring everybody saying we've got "dirt Road" Class G airspace and we need to upgrade because we haven't. Our OCTA, especially now with more surveillance, is nothing like ICAO (or Septic) Class G, nothing like it. You know it but you won't admit it.