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OCT 13 93 16 55 CIVIL AIR 03 3481846 P.3

operators of international freight or passenger flights. It is these very third level operators that rely most heavily on the flexibility of terminal airspace management for the cost effectiveness of their operations.

It is timely to remind you that Civil Air has never explicitly agreed with the principal of the consolidation of Canberra ACU to Melbourne. We have merely accepted the probability that the move was marginally justified on cost benefit grounds given the deficiency of the existing building and problems in providing adequate radar facilities.

We are receiving consistent indications that more staff will be required to operate the Canberra ACU in Melbourne than is currently required in Canberra given an equal potential for rationalisation of functions.

Now that the problems with the Sandras View RASPP feed have been solved, Canberra would seem to be an ideal candidate for the installation of a TAAATS IRDS display system in the existing facility.

The high cost, high risk processor upgrade for the Melbourne RDP system must certainly be on the critical path for the consolidation of the Canberra ACU to Melbourne. Indeed a closer examination of priorities may well show that the move is in turn a prime driver of the processor upgrade project.

All of the above suggests that it is past time for a reassessment of the cost benefit parameters applied in the decision to consolidate the Canberra to Melbourne.

I await your comments with interest.

Yours sincerely,

BARNEY PINNEY

VICE-PRESIDENT TECHNICAL

Ref:Evans.90ct:sg

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