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Speaking at the Australian Financial Review’s Infrastructure Summit in Sydney, Rob Sharp said Australia’s air traffic management provider, which has been actively recruiting over the past few years, is in better shape in terms of workforce than Europe and the United States.
Speaking to The Australian, Airservices chief executive Rob Sharp said cyber criminals were attempting to penetrate the organisation daily, with three months of OneSKY’s revised implementation timeline devoted to hardening cybersecurity measures.
A Piper PA-32R Cherokee Lance aircraft, carrying three people, crashed and caught fire on take-off at the airport on 11 October. All three people on board were fatally injured.
CASA has advised of temporary airspace restrictions in place for the famous Bathurst 1000 motor race held in NSW this week.
Chaired by Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, the meeting reviewed progress on a remediation plan developed to address long-running delays and performance issues with the multibillion-dollar project. The summit follows the previous gathering in November 2024.
For an air traffic controller working in the ever-evolving world of air traffic management, one of the most underappreciated, but yet critical, challenges is knowing exactly which aircraft is talking and where they are. With congested frequencies, overlapping call signs, and aircraft often flying beyond radar range, controllers are sometimes left guessing.
