Any CAT3 approaches in Australia
The discussions on every aspect of charges levied on airlines is intense and ongoing.
If you can't understand the significance of, or are even aware of, the continual battle of airlines to keep the charges of service providers and airports down, from direct negotiations to getting the ACCC involved (major airports are "declared" operations), I can't help you.
If you can't understand the importance of basic cost/benefit justification, I can't help you.
Something like "national prestige" is not a factor in a proper cost/benefit calculation --- thank goodness.
The major reason large carriers have shown so much interest in LASS or similar GNSS based approaches to low minimas is the expected cost reductions from eliminating costly ground based equipment --- that's the theory, anyway it's all $$$ driven.
As one previous poster has pointed out, there is a big difference between having simple Cat I ILS, and all the additional infrastructure and operations requirements in place to cater for low weather minima operations.
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