Join the naive club, Tank.
As I've said, I'd rather have airports retain their Commonwealth land, but if DFO's are what it takes to prevent airports like Essendon from closing altogether, then so be it.
In fact I would have to say that pretty much all man-made threshold turbulence I've experienced at Australian airports has been caused by aviation infrastructure.
For example:
Sydney 16R in a SW wind - international terminal and freight terminal.
Canberra 35 in a NW wind - big hangar (often a warning on the ATIS).
Brisbane 01 in a NE wind - big hangar.
These situations make me work slightly harder but have never caused me or any others I know a missed approach or any other type of delay or diversion. Just life as a pilot...
Edit: Datum, our conflict is a little off topic with respect to this accident, which had nothing to do with man-made turbulence caused by non-aviation infrastructure. In the interest of keeping the thread on topic, I will move on and will not comment further on the subject.
Last edited by Derfred; 3rd Mar 2017 at 12:31.