It has been claimed a number of times on this site that I was the person who brought in ‘user pays.’ I have said many times that user pays came in after the Bosch Report and was nothing do to with me. In fact, I spent a lot of time campaigning and objecting to the introduction of user pays as was planned by Bosch because I knew that it would do extraordinary damage to the industry.
I have recently come across this cutting from 1986, two years before the CAA was set up. From
The Australian Wednesday May 7 1986:
“Dick Smith campaign targets flight charges”
I’m sure it will make interesting reading for many people.
Yes, I, and others, failed – but it wasn’t without trying.