Bankstown airport owners annoy me!
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Bankstown airport owners annoy me!
I was unpacking an aeroplane from a container , it had no wings on it and was outside the hangar for 5 minutes so I get a bill for "Airport usage" for $6 then increased to $20 for monthly minimum.
These people are the pits
No pun intended.
These people are the pits
No pun intended.
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All designed to drive GA operators away.
If one was cynical it would lead one to believe it is being done with the idea of driving all aviation away so that the owners can go back to the Fed. Govt. and get the clause preventing conversion to non-aviation use removed due to the lack of aviation activity.
In a related matter does anyone know if the owners of Aeropelican were able to get the local shire to allow rezoning of Belmont?
All designed to drive GA operators away.
If one was cynical it would lead one to believe it is being done with the idea of driving all aviation away so that the owners can go back to the Fed. Govt. and get the clause preventing conversion to non-aviation use removed due to the lack of aviation activity.
In a related matter does anyone know if the owners of Aeropelican were able to get the local shire to allow rezoning of Belmont?
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Send them a cheque for $6 and a note saying "monthly Maximum, next monthly maximum sent next month"
Plov I totally agreee, but why cry about it now, just look how many of the flying schools stood up when then closed down the cross strip. It's not about safety anymore, it's just about bucks.
Plov I totally agreee, but why cry about it now, just look how many of the flying schools stood up when then closed down the cross strip. It's not about safety anymore, it's just about bucks.
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That's a cynical view, but not unrealistic. But it might just provide us with a way out. The BAL consortium will probably recoup its entire BK/HOX/CN outlay on the redevelopment of HOX alone. If the consortium were to be given freehold title and open slather development right to the current BK site the profits would be astronomical. BK is about 300 hectares - imagine how much that must be worth!?!?!?
On that basis, they could fund the acquisition of land and construction of a bare bones GAAP airport somewhere else in the Sydney basin, away from complaining neighbours, before it's too late. In 10-15 years there will be no more land left.
I'm not sure how you'd set up the ownership of the new facility - some kind of trust with GA-friendly caveats? Not sure.
That's a cynical view, but not unrealistic. But it might just provide us with a way out. The BAL consortium will probably recoup its entire BK/HOX/CN outlay on the redevelopment of HOX alone. If the consortium were to be given freehold title and open slather development right to the current BK site the profits would be astronomical. BK is about 300 hectares - imagine how much that must be worth!?!?!?
On that basis, they could fund the acquisition of land and construction of a bare bones GAAP airport somewhere else in the Sydney basin, away from complaining neighbours, before it's too late. In 10-15 years there will be no more land left.
I'm not sure how you'd set up the ownership of the new facility - some kind of trust with GA-friendly caveats? Not sure.
So you move your airport away from the city so no one complains about the noise. 15 years later people move next door to the airport and complain about the noise. There is a reason the land near airports is cheap, its BECAUSE of the noise.
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That's true, but the ONLY land available for such a venture is well beyond the current fringes. That it might also be clear of aeroplane noise averse neighbours is an added bonus. The primary consideration though, is cost. There simply is no more spare land closer to the rest of Sydney.
It keeps filling up, and the NSW pollies are too frightened of backlash from people sitting on 5 acres semi rural blocks (who are licking their chops in anticipation of a rezone & subdivision) to stop the sprawl. That's why it would have to be done ASAP, before the land has all gone.
Some sort of buffer zone (a mix of parks, golf courses, playing fields, light industry) would also have to be included. So rmcdonal I agree, you'd have to do it in such a way that 15 years later NIMBYs couldn't force it closed.
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That's true, but the ONLY land available for such a venture is well beyond the current fringes. That it might also be clear of aeroplane noise averse neighbours is an added bonus. The primary consideration though, is cost. There simply is no more spare land closer to the rest of Sydney.
It keeps filling up, and the NSW pollies are too frightened of backlash from people sitting on 5 acres semi rural blocks (who are licking their chops in anticipation of a rezone & subdivision) to stop the sprawl. That's why it would have to be done ASAP, before the land has all gone.
Some sort of buffer zone (a mix of parks, golf courses, playing fields, light industry) would also have to be included. So rmcdonal I agree, you'd have to do it in such a way that 15 years later NIMBYs couldn't force it closed.
Cheers
That buffer zone sounds like a great idea. By the time you get a new airport it well be so far from Sydney as to be usless for any commercial flights. 
Wouldn't life be a whole lot easier if we just stopped flying?
Wouldn't life be a whole lot easier if we just stopped flying?
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Bankstown land usage
We all agree that the bottom line is that the owners wish to turn Bankstown into a mega shopping area thus devalueing both Liverpool and Bankstown as their carparking is inadequate.
Is there no way of mobilizing the business interests in Liverpool and Bankstown to defeat this devaluation of their assets by stealth.
You are correct that the developement at Hoxton will probebly cover their aquisition costs so they are going to make a fortune.
Now with Coronbong , or however you spell it , gone , Hoxton nearly gone, Warnervale threatened and Bankstown deminished by the closing of 18/36 really the Government requires to wake up to it'self!
Is there no way of mobilizing the business interests in Liverpool and Bankstown to defeat this devaluation of their assets by stealth.
You are correct that the developement at Hoxton will probebly cover their aquisition costs so they are going to make a fortune.
Now with Coronbong , or however you spell it , gone , Hoxton nearly gone, Warnervale threatened and Bankstown deminished by the closing of 18/36 really the Government requires to wake up to it'self!
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All designed to drive GA operators away.
So when you get a parking fine the Council is trying to drive motor cars off the road, as is the Parking Meter, is that what you mean.??
Who the **** do you think is going to pay to provide and maintain the facilities you use.
The Govt decided user pays for everything. One way or another we all do.
There is no doubt that the sale of any of the airports was a retrograde step, but you should have a look in the mirror first.
Move Bankstown? That would definitely be the last straw for GA. Who's going to drive another 30-40 minutes to go for a fly. Not many I would imagine.
Jandakot has its problems with neighbours, but it is now closer and more easily accesible than it ever was due the suburban and road development around it.
It's privately owned, not without problems that seem to have been resolved, more movements than Bankstown and thriving. It's just a matter of the attitude of the tenants and owners towards each other.
The airport owners are active members of the Jandakot Airport Chamber of Commerce. which has all of the tenants as members.
First Tues in the Month breakfast meeting at 7:00am, one way or the other any problems get worked out together. They need us as much as we need them and we go from there.
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I may be misinterpreting your point, but at Bankstown I have to pay around $4k per year for the privilege of using the runways and parking on the open grass. (awright, they do mow the grass every now and then).
It's a monopoly situation at Bankstown and by gradually making conditions too expensive for GA the owners can redevelop that land for commercial and possibly residential use.
Seems that Jandokot has a more enlightened set of owners than does Bankstown.
So when you get a parking fine the Council is trying to drive motor cars off the road, as is the Parking Meter, is that what you mean.??
Who the **** do you think is going to pay to provide and maintain the facilities you use.
Who the **** do you think is going to pay to provide and maintain the facilities you use.
It's a monopoly situation at Bankstown and by gradually making conditions too expensive for GA the owners can redevelop that land for commercial and possibly residential use.
Seems that Jandokot has a more enlightened set of owners than does Bankstown.
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Nah mate you got it in one.
What I didn't add to my post was the maintenance of the road system for cars and all of the other bits that come out of their, fuel excise, licensing, fees , rates and local, State and Fed taxes.
I suspect if you were to do the sums you are paying more than $4k to park your car at home and use the roads. ??
Have you seen the purchase agreement and the conditions placed upon it, it must be on the public record somewhere
If I recall correctly they cannot turn it into a real estate development and kick GA out and I think they are also required to submit to price controls.
Be that as it may, wherever and whoever shifts and builds another airport why do you think it will be any cheaper.
Problem in this country is that the locals city or country do not see any value in having "a GA airport near you".
Who is responsible for getting that message out??
Orange ?? are doing pretty good job as are many other airports, you just gotta get together on it.
Is there a BKK Airport Chamber and if not why not.?
If everyone helped to make the airport more profitable for the owners then every body wins.
The Govt wont buy it back so you gotta do something about it beyond yelling and complaining about the owners.
Nah mate you got it in one.
What I didn't add to my post was the maintenance of the road system for cars and all of the other bits that come out of their, fuel excise, licensing, fees , rates and local, State and Fed taxes.
I suspect if you were to do the sums you are paying more than $4k to park your car at home and use the roads. ??
Have you seen the purchase agreement and the conditions placed upon it, it must be on the public record somewhere
If I recall correctly they cannot turn it into a real estate development and kick GA out and I think they are also required to submit to price controls.
Be that as it may, wherever and whoever shifts and builds another airport why do you think it will be any cheaper.
Problem in this country is that the locals city or country do not see any value in having "a GA airport near you".
Who is responsible for getting that message out??
Orange ?? are doing pretty good job as are many other airports, you just gotta get together on it.
Is there a BKK Airport Chamber and if not why not.?
If everyone helped to make the airport more profitable for the owners then every body wins.
The Govt wont buy it back so you gotta do something about it beyond yelling and complaining about the owners.
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I know Midway, Chicago, is on a bigger scale but many years ago local residents were successful in decreasing the use of this airport and drove the major carriers away. Then they realised that the local area was dying due to unemployment and the resultant social demise of the area.
The same committee that did all they could to run the place down did an about turn and campaigned, successfully, to get the major carriers back.
Could this apply to those airports to which you are refering? I don't know these airports.
The same committee that did all they could to run the place down did an about turn and campaigned, successfully, to get the major carriers back.
Could this apply to those airports to which you are refering? I don't know these airports.
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So Gaunty, all they have to do at BK is get together in a Chambre, get a bit of dialogue going and suddenly the decline will be reversed because they will think of incredibly creative ideas that mean aviation will become the sensible economic winner - just like in Perth?
Well, Sydney just aint Perth. The Sydney real estate dynamics cannot work for GA. That land is almost priceless now and its been solld to bunch of determined entrepreneurs for a couple of hundred million bucks, who's goal is to make money. The peanuts they get from GA income don't amount to much in that scenario and are probably barely worth collecting, and diminishing as everyone leaves. The high handed attitude one reads in the BAL monthly 'news letter' (comes with your bill), together with the min $20 monthly fees don't not do much for PR either. You only have to look at the big parking area outside the old Navair hangar, that used to be full of aircraft, (only a couple with grass growing around them left now!) - and read the 'we want your business' letters from struggling BK Lame's to see whats happening. I've heard of one business on the southsde that is paying $4000/ month for some very modest premises - and being told to get out because all of that side is to be redeveloped for businesses that can pay real rent!
I found this on the AF website the other day - sort of sums it all up I guess..
There is a section of the airport community who believe the airport should become a recreational facility. This idea flows into the thought that landing charges and rentals should also be kept to a minimum. Unfortunately for those who dream of this environment it is not going to happen. Archerfield Airport was privatised 7 years ago in June 1998. Archerfield Airport Corporation is a private business that has to make a commercial return from its investment. One of our key challenges is to be able to fund the maintenance and replacement of existing operational facilities. If you are looking for a recreational airport in a subsidised environment then I suggest you look for a sponsor or maybe a Government body that may oblige. At Archerfield Airport we are operating on a commercial basis, in a security designated environment, 12 kilometres from the CBD of Brisbane and we are open for business.
If that's Brisbane, what chance has Sydney got? Hell, we don't need BK anyway. All we need is about a 1000 m in the bush somewhere around Sydney, and a few sheds.....
I will say one thing for BAL. Their support of Angelflight is wonderful. Well done for that BAL! (Probably one of your biiggest private users now!)
Well, Sydney just aint Perth. The Sydney real estate dynamics cannot work for GA. That land is almost priceless now and its been solld to bunch of determined entrepreneurs for a couple of hundred million bucks, who's goal is to make money. The peanuts they get from GA income don't amount to much in that scenario and are probably barely worth collecting, and diminishing as everyone leaves. The high handed attitude one reads in the BAL monthly 'news letter' (comes with your bill), together with the min $20 monthly fees don't not do much for PR either. You only have to look at the big parking area outside the old Navair hangar, that used to be full of aircraft, (only a couple with grass growing around them left now!) - and read the 'we want your business' letters from struggling BK Lame's to see whats happening. I've heard of one business on the southsde that is paying $4000/ month for some very modest premises - and being told to get out because all of that side is to be redeveloped for businesses that can pay real rent!
I found this on the AF website the other day - sort of sums it all up I guess..
There is a section of the airport community who believe the airport should become a recreational facility. This idea flows into the thought that landing charges and rentals should also be kept to a minimum. Unfortunately for those who dream of this environment it is not going to happen. Archerfield Airport was privatised 7 years ago in June 1998. Archerfield Airport Corporation is a private business that has to make a commercial return from its investment. One of our key challenges is to be able to fund the maintenance and replacement of existing operational facilities. If you are looking for a recreational airport in a subsidised environment then I suggest you look for a sponsor or maybe a Government body that may oblige. At Archerfield Airport we are operating on a commercial basis, in a security designated environment, 12 kilometres from the CBD of Brisbane and we are open for business.
If that's Brisbane, what chance has Sydney got? Hell, we don't need BK anyway. All we need is about a 1000 m in the bush somewhere around Sydney, and a few sheds.....
I will say one thing for BAL. Their support of Angelflight is wonderful. Well done for that BAL! (Probably one of your biiggest private users now!)
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I know the geomorphology is totally different (Gaunty, you taught me that one ) so please no flames but the US AOPA (I think) did a study on the worth of aviation to communities in the USA. The figure was staggering (just don't have it to hand right now).
Now in Australia we have been on a user pays, sell off non-core government asset kick for some time (and it reaches into core activities - just look at the civilian contractors working in the defence sector).
But, as was recently pointed out to me by a well known figure in aviation circles, who is the aviation user? The GA charter operator who is having to put their hand in their pocket for increasing fees and charges or a 72 year old pensioner who lives in a country town and has never been on an aircraft in her life but who gets her prescribed medication delivered by air freight?
The point is that all tiers of government need to be educated that transport infrastructure in Australia is of value to all Australians whether they physically use it or not. As such it should be supported by all Australians and not subsidised by the few people who actually physically use those facilities. Am I calling for a return to government support, yes, but they are using my taxes to do so which I believe is a proper use of them, not to support some budget surplus which can be "spent" on some pork-barrelling exercise come election time.
) so please no flames but the US AOPA (I think) did a study on the worth of aviation to communities in the USA. The figure was staggering (just don't have it to hand right now).Now in Australia we have been on a user pays, sell off non-core government asset kick for some time (and it reaches into core activities - just look at the civilian contractors working in the defence sector).
But, as was recently pointed out to me by a well known figure in aviation circles, who is the aviation user? The GA charter operator who is having to put their hand in their pocket for increasing fees and charges or a 72 year old pensioner who lives in a country town and has never been on an aircraft in her life but who gets her prescribed medication delivered by air freight?
The point is that all tiers of government need to be educated that transport infrastructure in Australia is of value to all Australians whether they physically use it or not. As such it should be supported by all Australians and not subsidised by the few people who actually physically use those facilities. Am I calling for a return to government support, yes, but they are using my taxes to do so which I believe is a proper use of them, not to support some budget surplus which can be "spent" on some pork-barrelling exercise come election time.
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PLovett you'll get no argument from me on any of that and I'll jopin you on the ramparts any time.
Problem is we would be very very lonely even if we were to round up every one with a pilots license and who owns an aircraft in the Sydney basin.
Unless you can think of something very clever to catch the public imagination.
I suspect the major demographic around Bankstown airport is stretching to pay the rent, and when they are not at the Leagues on the pokies are in the local chinese resataurant. Aviation what's that, can you eat it??
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Cuppla questions;
1 Do they have a Chamber or suchlike,
2 Have the residents of the airport grouped together to do anything other than to beat up on the owner.
3 Have they ever got together to promote aviation and the social and economic benefits to the area in a rational and proactive manner free of anti-owner polemic.
No? i didn't think so, but lets hear it, if they did.
AOPA US, tell me something I don't know. I am very aware of the AOPA US study and the US community attitude to the local community airport, They truly understand the meaning of "build it and they will come". I have been more than a little bit involved in new aircraft sales over a lifetime in business.
You are wrong about the Sydney GA real estate dynamic, Jandakot is smack dab in the middle of the hottest suburbs for rising values and desirability in that corridor.
The freeway system plan that was laid down yonks ago is now joining up around it and areas that were previously "undesirable" are now becoming sought after. But it is protected by a semi rural residential buffer amongst other things. Cant reverse that externally at Bankstown but it can be achieved within the boundaries.
If you have been to any of the very active airfields GA and Airline right on the edge of, or in the middle of complex urbanisation you will see what I mean.
Sniff you not, our Chamber by a visit from a delegation to Canberra was pivotal in the reversal of the last charging attempt, and generally raising the temperature in Canberra on a number of issues that others claim credit for. They commented directly that we were the only such representation and that they were surprised at the level of activity we revealed.
We don't care who claims credit for what, but if ALL the secondaries had effective Chambers who spoke from a common concern, and it is, representing a million and a fair bit movements and I dont know collectively several billions of revenue and maybe 20,000 jobs and 100,000 or so knock on votes.... well thats a fairly big constituency dont you think.
Bigger by several hundred thousand miles that those who claim to represent us.
Maybe BAL are hiding in plain sight, no point in talking to the aviation people they all know what is the plot. A strong Chamber or whatever gets it out into the community and shines a very powerful light into the bushes. The dearth of aircraft on the hard cannot be laid at BALs door it goes much much deeper than that.
We can't unscramble the egg but we sure as hell can turn it in to my favourite most heavenly meal of all time. Scrambos made with double cream, steamed asparagus and smoked salmon with chives and hollandaise on lightly toasted pagnotta bread. Freshly cracked pepper and Maldon salt flakes to taste and a dark roasted Colombian coffee on the side.
Problem is we would be very very lonely even if we were to round up every one with a pilots license and who owns an aircraft in the Sydney basin.
Unless you can think of something very clever to catch the public imagination.
I suspect the major demographic around Bankstown airport is stretching to pay the rent, and when they are not at the Leagues on the pokies are in the local chinese resataurant.
Aviation what's that, can you eat it??Wheeler
So Gaunty, all they have to do at BK is get together in a Chambre, get a bit of dialogue going and suddenly the decline will be reversed because they will think of incredibly creative ideas that mean aviation will become the sensible economic winner - just like in Perth?
1 Do they have a Chamber or suchlike,
2 Have the residents of the airport grouped together to do anything other than to beat up on the owner.
3 Have they ever got together to promote aviation and the social and economic benefits to the area in a rational and proactive manner free of anti-owner polemic.
No? i didn't think so, but lets hear it, if they did.
AOPA US, tell me something I don't know. I am very aware of the AOPA US study and the US community attitude to the local community airport, They truly understand the meaning of "build it and they will come". I have been more than a little bit involved in new aircraft sales over a lifetime in business.
You are wrong about the Sydney GA real estate dynamic, Jandakot is smack dab in the middle of the hottest suburbs for rising values and desirability in that corridor.
The freeway system plan that was laid down yonks ago is now joining up around it and areas that were previously "undesirable" are now becoming sought after. But it is protected by a semi rural residential buffer amongst other things. Cant reverse that externally at Bankstown but it can be achieved within the boundaries.
If you have been to any of the very active airfields GA and Airline right on the edge of, or in the middle of complex urbanisation you will see what I mean.
Sniff you not, our Chamber by a visit from a delegation to Canberra was pivotal in the reversal of the last charging attempt, and generally raising the temperature in Canberra on a number of issues that others claim credit for. They commented directly that we were the only such representation and that they were surprised at the level of activity we revealed.
We don't care who claims credit for what, but if ALL the secondaries had effective Chambers who spoke from a common concern, and it is, representing a million and a fair bit movements and I dont know collectively several billions of revenue and maybe 20,000 jobs and 100,000 or so knock on votes.... well thats a fairly big constituency dont you think.
Bigger by several hundred thousand miles that those who claim to represent us.
Maybe BAL are hiding in plain sight, no point in talking to the aviation people they all know what is the plot. A strong Chamber or whatever gets it out into the community and shines a very powerful light into the bushes. The dearth of aircraft on the hard cannot be laid at BALs door it goes much much deeper than that.
We can't unscramble the egg but we sure as hell can turn it in to my favourite most heavenly meal of all time. Scrambos made with double cream, steamed asparagus and smoked salmon with chives and hollandaise on lightly toasted pagnotta bread. Freshly cracked pepper and Maldon salt flakes to taste and a dark roasted Colombian coffee on the side.
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Sorry to have started such a spirited polemic from Mr Gaunt but the fact now is that the biggest conurbation in Australia is rapidly loosing the facility to train young enthusiastic folk to fly.
It will be impractical for a lot of young folk to travel to Cessnock or where ever.
To fly is to dream like the Bach's and Magee's of this world and to remove this from the Sydney basin is a crime against the spirit of this nation.
I am prepared to be "flamed" for this from the more politically active as being too "impractical" but as Rutan said we do this for the "F" word , we do it for fun.
It will be impractical for a lot of young folk to travel to Cessnock or where ever.
To fly is to dream like the Bach's and Magee's of this world and to remove this from the Sydney basin is a crime against the spirit of this nation.
I am prepared to be "flamed" for this from the more politically active as being too "impractical" but as Rutan said we do this for the "F" word , we do it for fun.
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No flames but unfortunately there is little response but to get political.
The history of GA airfields around Sydney has been long and mostly a story of failure. At home I have a very old book called "Two Men In A Flying Machine" which recounts the exploits of two Australians who flew a Monospar aircraft from Sydney to Biggin Hill in the UK in the early 1960s. The first few chapters include quite a bit of detail about attempts to establish an airfield on Sydney's north shore and the bitter disappointment that followed. Nothing much has changed.
The Australian aviation community has a poor record of combining to defend its interests to the extent that I am sure politicians look upon us as "toothless poodles". It would seem that once proud institutions are now reduced to bitter feuding over who they represent rather than what they should be representing.
Gaunty's Jandakot chamber would appear to be one of the few success stories in GA where a group has seen the need to combine to defend threatened interests. More strength to them but I wish the rest of us could learn that lesson without the need to reinvent the wheel every time.
No flames but unfortunately there is little response but to get political.
The history of GA airfields around Sydney has been long and mostly a story of failure. At home I have a very old book called "Two Men In A Flying Machine" which recounts the exploits of two Australians who flew a Monospar aircraft from Sydney to Biggin Hill in the UK in the early 1960s. The first few chapters include quite a bit of detail about attempts to establish an airfield on Sydney's north shore and the bitter disappointment that followed. Nothing much has changed.
The Australian aviation community has a poor record of combining to defend its interests to the extent that I am sure politicians look upon us as "toothless poodles". It would seem that once proud institutions are now reduced to bitter feuding over who they represent rather than what they should be representing.
Gaunty's Jandakot chamber would appear to be one of the few success stories in GA where a group has seen the need to combine to defend threatened interests. More strength to them but I wish the rest of us could learn that lesson without the need to reinvent the wheel every time.
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You open up with,
then;
you then ask;
I point out what a succesful example, which BTW has just changed ownership for $45 million with a commitment to develop the spare Real Estate as a nodal Business, light industial and commercial park, that has a new runway approved and starting the process for construction.
The Chamber has yet to meet the new owners but I am sure they will be as procative as the last, they actually have no option, it's called symbiosis and synergy.
And you call it polemic???? Personally I don't care what you label it but maybe you should rethink your attitude and get a Bankstown Airport Chamber of Commerce started and the first action would be to ask BAL to join, AS WELL AS all of the non aviation businesses.
The advantage to them is that they have a single point of contact and the advantage to you is you have concerted action instead of the usual single issue guerilla wars and skirmishing run by individuals who may or may not have an agenda that benefits the most all in the same room enjoying a meal together.
That way you all become part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
It also makes it hard for them to look you in the eye, whilst they skate around isues. Either way your attitude to them will be reflected right back at you, it's a Law of the Universe.
PLovett
You open up with,
These people (BAL) are the pits
We all agree that the bottom line is that the owners wish to turn Bankstown into a mega shopping area thus devalueing both Liverpool and Bankstown as their carparking is inadequate.
Is there no way of mobilizing the business interests in Liverpool and Bankstown to defeat this devaluation of their assets by stealth.
The Chamber has yet to meet the new owners but I am sure they will be as procative as the last, they actually have no option, it's called symbiosis and synergy.
And you call it polemic???? Personally I don't care what you label it but maybe you should rethink your attitude and get a Bankstown Airport Chamber of Commerce started and the first action would be to ask BAL to join, AS WELL AS all of the non aviation businesses.
The advantage to them is that they have a single point of contact and the advantage to you is you have concerted action instead of the usual single issue guerilla wars and skirmishing run by individuals who may or may not have an agenda that benefits the most all in the same room enjoying a meal together.
That way you all become part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
It also makes it hard for them to look you in the eye, whilst they skate around isues. Either way your attitude to them will be reflected right back at you, it's a Law of the Universe.
PLovett
I wish the rest of us could learn that lesson without the need to reinvent the wheel every time.
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The unfortunate reality is that the airport owners can make much more out of the space in Sydney by encouraging retail outlets rather than aviation business or the private punter. One only needs to look at the current plan for KSA to foreshadow what the future of YSBK looks like. KSA's becoming a shopping mall with a couple of runways squeezed in between the buildings, and goodness knows it'll only be a matter of time before someone decides that those nasty runways are far too dangerous to have near a shopping centre.
I'm glad to hear that BAL is supporting Angelflight, but it doesn't make up for the fact that there are a number of (non profit) aviation community organisations that are refugees that the museum because their free space was withdrawn (eg the air league).
Gaunty, I love the idea of the Chamber, and I know the local council is very supportive of the airport. But despite that, and I hate to be a doom and gloom merchant, I really think they would be voices crying in the wilderness. Look what happened to Hoxton Park.
I'm glad to hear that BAL is supporting Angelflight, but it doesn't make up for the fact that there are a number of (non profit) aviation community organisations that are refugees that the museum because their free space was withdrawn (eg the air league).
Gaunty, I love the idea of the Chamber, and I know the local council is very supportive of the airport. But despite that, and I hate to be a doom and gloom merchant, I really think they would be voices crying in the wilderness. Look what happened to Hoxton Park.
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Mr Gaunt,
Perhaps you have missed the core of the problem here or perhaps you cannot help yourself.
Our free enterprize, market forces masters sold a publically owned asset to a monopoly. May I repeat a monopoly!
They are allowing them a free hand.
There is a Bankstown airport chamber of commerce and it can do nothing in it's negotiations nor can Bankstown council as the land is still deemed federal and free from their planning regs. There is a smokescreen in place to appear to be doing the "right" thing and part of this is their Angel flight involvement. They charge other vol. orgs. such as the RFDS high amounts for their open days.
They are not very nice people!
The tone of your contribution to this cry of the heart is to defend the owners in their wish to maximise their returns balanced by a chamber of commerce/ users group but this does not apply in such a monopoly situation.
They have a monopoly if you didn't catch the first bit!
Hugs and kisses
Scion
Perhaps you have missed the core of the problem here or perhaps you cannot help yourself.
Our free enterprize, market forces masters sold a publically owned asset to a monopoly. May I repeat a monopoly!
They are allowing them a free hand.
There is a Bankstown airport chamber of commerce and it can do nothing in it's negotiations nor can Bankstown council as the land is still deemed federal and free from their planning regs. There is a smokescreen in place to appear to be doing the "right" thing and part of this is their Angel flight involvement. They charge other vol. orgs. such as the RFDS high amounts for their open days.
They are not very nice people!
The tone of your contribution to this cry of the heart is to defend the owners in their wish to maximise their returns balanced by a chamber of commerce/ users group but this does not apply in such a monopoly situation.
They have a monopoly if you didn't catch the first bit!
Hugs and kisses
Scion