Peter Creswick wrote:
> You must be kidding !
> Unfortunately, you are not.
> That sounds like standard public service thinking now doesn't it,
I think you're oversimplifying a bit.
The BoM gets tens of millions of dollars per annum from the aviation
industry. Qantas and Virgin Blue basically fund all the TAFs at pissant
little airports that they're never even going to fly over, much less
visit. When the BoM is producing an aviation service, they need to
give heed to the org who is paying for it, because the commercial airlines
are fully aware of how much they're paying and what they're getting for
it.
> especially when their political masters say nothing for nothing (all the
> while discounting the tiny fact that WE - AS TAX PAYERS - have ALREADY
> paid for it !!).
And now you're oversimplifying a lot.
The BoM has a public interest role, in that it produces weather forecasts
which save peoples' lives and livelihoods, just like the Government and
the taxpayers expect.
It also has a commercial role, in that it produces resources which
most people couldn't give a rat's arse about, and therefore don't want to
pay for.
There's a lot of merging between those two groups (e.g., Qantas paying
for TAFs used by PPL holders -- altruistic, eh?)
But despite the grey area in the middle, the separation between the
two functions still exists.
If you want the forecasts, you'll need to pay for them. The BoM's
commercial arm isn't a charity, and your apparent sense of entitlement
is misplaced.
- mark
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