This keeps bugging me. Two years ago Dick was bashing away at Radar coverage going into Ballina. He was more or less implying there should be a radar service down to the final fix for all IFR flights into Ballina. ADS-B got a guernsey as to it's perceived inadequacies. The new firey facility got a bit of a bashing...all in the background to this....Ballina is getting busier with RPT.
Now, the firies are ensconced...and Dick thinks things are sooooo quiet that they could be better employed keeping an eye on the circuit area and provide a Unicom service FOC....is this some ulterior motive to head off the need for a TWR and the resultant class D which will stop Dick migrations up and down the beautiful coastal beaches???