[thorn bird]

"On top of that just think for a minute if there had of been a UNICOM operator on the ground in Mildura that day?"

Yup.

Big debate going on UP regarding UNICOM's.
Appears the same B,,sh..t thinking by our regulator and the ASA unions will relegate that idea into the too hard, too expensive basket.

Remember many moons ago calling our base station to organize fuel on arrival, asked the girl what the weather was like. She said "I cant tell you". "Why not" I asked.
"it's foggy, I cant see anything" she replied.
See what happens when you allow an "Untrained MET observer on the radio!!