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Flight path changes from new Sydney airport threaten pilot schools


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Training schools for pilots have warned they cannot afford the cost of shifting their operations to make way for Western Sydney International Airport in 2026, which could put further strain on the already depleted supply of pilots.

 

Aeria Management Group – which operates Camden and Bankstown airports and provides the bulk of pilot training in NSW – has warned the federal Department of Transport that its draft environmental impact statement for the new airport “substantially underestimates” the costs for the existing airports in the congested Sydney Basin.

 

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Might this result in a glimmer of sense for airspace allocation??? Badgery's Creek is 14nm from YSBK; the RPT could fly along a corridor passing between Wedderburn and Holsworthy, then 090/270...

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