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"There's a stand off between the country's 900 air traffic controllers and their employer: Air Services Australia. It comes in a context of a troubling global shortage of air traffic controllers."
Get the FACTS: www.civilair.asn.au
Video from abc.net.au/7.30

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  • 15 Q hooaahhh

  • It sounds like they are privatized. "Air Services Australia" doesn't sound like a government organization. I don't know anything about it though.

  • Privatize the whole system....

    In Canada, we privitized in 1996 and we now have better equipement, better pay, better conditions... Amazing what you get when you remove red tape.... Canada's air navigation services is still regulated by the goverment but run by Navcanada.. A non for profit private entity.

  • Passing on the fee is not required. Melbourne Airport alone moves more than the entire population of Australia every years (about 20 000 000 travel through Melbourne - source Dept. of Transport and Regional Services). 10 cents per passenger from Melbourne alone would do the trick.

    Anyway, Airservices is owned by the Government, and return a HUGE profit. The revenue goes into a big bucket called and is spent on other stuff.

  • There's one way to fix this, pay controllers more.

    HOW?

    Increase airport fees and taxes = increase airline ticket prices.

    I'm sure people wont mind paying $5 extra for safety :)

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