No tim. A really good article and good advice on the FAA Unicom .
Main point is that there is a third party to confirm that the radio is working correctly.
Actually I agree that it's not simply black and white and I apologise if what I have written comes over that way.
It's a real pity that skilled people such as Clive Wilson at Lord Howe no longer offer a US style Unicom service because of the CASA more prescriptive requirements. Pity we can't copy the best from anywhere.
The fatalities at Lockart River may have been avoided if the airport groundsman had been allowed provide a Unicom service and talk to the plane with his handheld. He told me that on the day it was clear of cloud to the east of the aerodrome. If he could have informed the pilot he may have chosen not to do the IFR approach in high winds over the only mountain ridge in the area and come in visually from the east.