>
> Things are not happy at and near Canberra Airport.
>
> The owners, courtesy of the selloff of government assets, have been able
> to ignore all the local planning rules and work to fill the airport land
> with shops and offices. This was never part of the city plan, so no
> provision was ever made for this.
>
> The owners then expect the city, as a whole, to foot the bill for most of
> the additional infrastructure to sustain these developments.
>
> In the resulting chaos, taxi drivers are not able to service the place
> effectively, so incoming passengers have no transport.
>
> The airport is getting a (quite justified) bad name...so, if you can avoid
> the place (or drive) then it would be a good idea.
>
> Paul ...

> Things are not happy at and near Canberra Airport.

>
>
> Paul Blair Wrote:

>> Things are not happy at and near Canberra Airport.

>
> Welcome to the Snowdome. It's an awful, awful place.
>

>Was there last week and I concur with your obs, sadly Perth is 10 times
>worse and getting even worse, imgine that. The sad part is though, everybody
>knows it, local authorities, the state Governments and the Wallies who own
>the airport. The must have known when the bought it that these problem would
>occur as indeed did QF some time ago, yet both did absolutely bugger all.
>But what can one do? Nothing, one has to fly one way or another.

>
> Things are not happy at and near Canberra Airport.
>
> The owners, courtesy of the selloff of government assets, have been able
> to ignore all the local planning rules and work to fill the airport land
> with shops and offices. This was never part of the city plan, so no
> provision was ever made for this.
>
> The owners then expect the city, as a whole, to foot the bill for most of
> the additional infrastructure to sustain these developments.
>
> In the resulting chaos, taxi drivers are not able to service the place
> effectively, so incoming passengers have no transport.
>
> The airport is getting a (quite justified) bad name...so, if you can avoid
> the place (or drive) then it would be a good idea.
>
> Paul ...

> The tower is trying to bring in a GA (effective) curfew in the later
> afternoon re circuits due RPT traffic

>
> Things are not happy at and near Canberra Airport.
>
> The owners, courtesy of the selloff of government assets, have been able
> to ignore all the local planning rules and work to fill the airport land
> with shops and offices. This was never part of the city plan, so no
> provision was ever made for this.
>
> The owners then expect the city, as a whole, to foot the bill for most of
> the additional infrastructure to sustain these developments.
>
> In the resulting chaos, taxi drivers are not able to service the place
> effectively, so incoming passengers have no transport.
>
> The airport is getting a (quite justified) bad name...so, if you can avoid
> the place (or drive) then it would be a good idea.
>
> Paul ...

>

>> The tower is trying to bring in a GA (effective) curfew in the later
>> afternoon re circuits due RPT traffic

>
> Brian, I believe Brindabella is the only active flying school left on
> Canberra Airport, but they also have an RPT presence. Is it really that
> much to ask that just -one school- refrain from training during periods
> of high traffic?
>
> I know plenty of pilots that are based out of Canberra and none have
> any nice things to say about the airport management; who have
> effectively forced GA operators into hiding. Perhaps AOPA should be
> fighting for GA's survival in CB and the future of GA in the new
> commercial (retail) airport culture instead of consuming their days
> fighting for a lone Cessna 150 that's grounded from the circuit for only
> a couple of hours every late afternoon. That's probably what Terry Snow
> wants you to do.... or -wanted- you to do, cause it's too late now.
> ...