Industry consultation relating to the May 2019 Runway 30 RNP-AR flight path design
Dear Airservices Australia,
Please provide all correspondence between Airservices Australia and the aviation industry regarding the Hobart Runway 30 RNP-AR flight path design, which was finalised in May 2019 and put into effect in November 2019.
By aviation industry, I mean the operator of Hobart Airport, flight path design consultancies, pilot associations, commercial pilot training organisations, and all commercial airline operators, i.e. anybody with a direct or indirect interest in the flight path design.
I seek all correspondence between January 2018 and November 2019. I am interested in all correspondence, regardless of who initiated contact.
Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Terhorst
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Terhorst
Airservices Australia (Airservices) acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) which has been given the reference FOI 24-40.
You have requested access to the following documents:
all correspondence between Airservices Australia and the aviation industry regarding the Hobart Runway 30 RNP-AR flight path design, which was finalised in May 2019 and put into effect in November 2019.
By aviation industry, I mean the operator of Hobart Airport, flight path design consultancies, pilot associations, commercial pilot training organisations, and all commercial airline operators, i.e. anybody with a direct or indirect interest in the flight path design.
I seek all correspondence between January 2018 and November 2019. I am interested in all correspondence, regardless of who initiated contact.
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days commencing from the day after the day the request for received, in this case 14 May 2024.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another organisation or individual (third party), Airservices is required to consult with these third parties concerned before deciding on the release of those documents: see section 27 of the FOI Act.
If consultation is undertaken with third parties, the initial 30-day period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 days (see section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
Airservices may impose a charge for the work involved in providing access to the documents you requested. We will notify you of any charges in relation to your request as soon as possible, before we process any requested documents.
Please note that subject to certain exceptions, information released under the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log (http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/abou...).
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at foi+AEA-airservicesaustralia.com.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
OFFICIAL
Dear MBX FOI,
Thank you for reposing to my FOI request. I am familiar with the process. I am happy to wait.
Regarding the charges: I hate to break this to you but Airservices is a public agency. We also live in a democracy where transparency should be a top priority.
Charging for information is discriminatory. I suggest strongly you reconsider your stance here. It is unethical and an attack on democracy. Quoting parts of the FOI act that allow this does not alter the fact you are discriminating against poor people.
Your organisation has a reputation for treating aircraft noise impacted residents with contempt. If you need any evidence of this, I suggest you look at the hundreds of submissions to the Senate Inquiry on Aircraft Noise Impacts before pretending otherwise.
Your senior executives happily spend thousands of dollars on taxpayer-funded dinners and you want to charge me for information asking how said executives came to make decisions that adversely impact vulnerable people? How bizarre.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Terhorst
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Terhorst,
Please see attached decision on access.
Regards
Marcus Bourget
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Alan Woods Building, 25 Constitution Ave
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
airservicesaustralia.com
OFFICIAL