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APPENDIX 4:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 14 October 1993 at page 3530

REGISTERED & FEDERAL OFFICE

202 Berkeley Street,

Carlton, Victoria, 3053.

Telephone: (03) 348 1899 Fax: (03) 348 1846

CIVIL AIR OPERATIONS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

13th October 1993

Mr. Peter Evans

Assistant General Manager

Air Traffic Services

Southern District

Civil Aviation Authority

Building 190

Store Street

MELBOURNE AIRPORT VIC 3045

Dear Peter,

I write to take issue with a number of points raised by you in a letter published in the Canberra Times on Saturday 9th October 1993.

Your statements in the third and sixth paragraphs about enhancing safety will be construed by the public to imply a deficiency in existing safety standards and as such reflect badly and unjustly on the professionalism of Canberra controllers.

It is true that post TAAATS implementation, the majority of ATS facilities will reside in Melbourne or Brisbane. Nevertheless the time frame you suggest is as curious as your concept of "major Air Traffic Control".

The statement that Canberra Tower will be left in control of the airspace within 30 mile of Canberra after the ACU has been consolidated is an entirely new and radical concept in a radar environment.

The suggestion that the consolidation move will inhibit Canberras development as an international airport is a complex one. Civil Air has consistently argued that the procedures required to operate such a consolidated system will reduce the flexibility enjoyed by terminal airspace users. The viability of the third level operators at a terminal w311 undoubtedly be considered a planning factor by potential

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