Airport botches runway extension to exacerbate fog problems

They still have to stay in with the federales my friend.

And it’s actually a lot of people’s soap-box, many of which I don’t agree with.

Go figure.

It one thing to criticise how a business is run, its another thing to make personal attacks.

If you read my last comment, I just said that they have no reason to gain favour from the community by being charitable if as you say, they do what they want anyway. The fact that they dont go around blowing their own trumpet about the charities is more proof that maybe, just maybe they might be doing it because they can – end of story.

You are welcome to express your opinion about anything you like. God knows, this whole site looks like your little soapbox. I’ve expressed my opinion, for which I am grateful. All the best.

Why do they give to charity? Good PR? Influence? Currying favour with a charitable patron? The goodness of the hearts of some people within the management?

Unless they decide to tell us I hardly see how it’s relevant.

They do a lot of good things out there, that doesn’t buy a free ride when they do bad things and certainly doesn’t mean I can’t express an opinion about it.

They dont have to give to any charities if they dont want to. If what you say is true – that they do what they do and tell us to lump it, then they really have no reason at all to give to charities apart from – god forbid, they might be putting something back into the community.

Ahh, they’re screwing the rest of us so they can give to their chosen charities, that’s OK then!

The ACT has almost no control over the airport at all, the Federal Government handed over the lease and the very well connected Steven Byron was a beneficiary in getting his lovely job afterwards.

If there were mechanisms for the people of the ACT to exercise control, via our Government, then you would find most gripes would disappear.

As it is they do what they do and tell us to lump it. A bit much to ask us to like it as well.

When I asked how you would prefer the airports be run, I really meant it. Are you suggesting that there should be whole stack of airports around Canberra, each competing for our aviation dollar? Not sure about the ensuing noise complaints. Wasn´t there competition in obtaining the lease for the airport when it came up for grabs? Isnt this really to do with privatisation? My family has been recently helped through a very tough period mainly thanks to a charity almost 100% supported by the airport. This side of the airport usually isnt given too much press because lets face it, who needs good news?

We aim to please, despite our anti-Steve Byron campaign being unmasked! Curse those pesky kids! Anyone who’s ever encountered Steve and not had a favourable impression is obviously a part of it! Successful student politicians are all obviously beyond reproach.

And of course sensible people love privately held monopoly service providers, how silly of us to think that they weren’t just maximising their profits in the absence of competition!

And when a former student politician ends up running a privately held monopoly that’s nothing to worry about at all!

(Note: I can see your exclamation marks and raise you paragraph breaks)

Just the witty reply I was expecting. Thanks for not letting me down!

Congratulations on a quality rant!

Did anyone think about asking WHY the ILS had to be turned off and if there was any other option? Do you think it was deliberately done to screw people around? Has anyone asked WHY the runway is being extended and WHAT benefits it will bring to Canberra? Seems much easier to do the usual thing and sit back and whinge at Government, big business, and anything else that falls into the usual “fight the man” categories. How would you prefer the airports be run? Or do you think that we can do without airports, airplanes and the people who run and maintain them. Maybe we should all get about on bicycles. There would still be the fog problem of course, but then there would be no airport people to blame it on! There seems to be a lot of personal attacks made on people throughout this website. Johnboy seems to have quite a chip on his shoulder for Mr Byron. Perhaps a hidden agenda? Theres a conspiracy for you! Maintain the rage brothers and sisters, your whingeing is moving mountains!…idiots!