Address for a letter to the Minister and some dot points as discussed at the JACC meeting this morning Tues 9th Oct.

 

We would urge all tenants and stakeholders and any one with an interest in Jandakot Airport to write a letter to the Minister as soon as possible expressing your view about the unsolicited proposal from JAH to relocate the airport.  The below is not exhaustive but we hope it will give you some inspiration.

 

Address to

Minister for Transport and Regional Services
(Deputy Prime Minister)
The Hon Mark Vaile, MP

Dear Sir,

 

Please keep it simple and in your own words on the issues that affect you directly and in which you have a particular interest.

 

Generally,

 

  • There is no sustainable business case for the relocation of Jandakot Airport from its present and long planned location.
  • There are no benefits to the aviation community for its relocation.
  • It will be detrimental to the progress of General Aviation in Western Australia.
  • Jandakot is the only airport in Australia that was purpose built and specifically located in its present position close to Perth City as part of the National aviation infrastructure.
  • It is placed on the important Jandakot water mound as a low impact use and surrounded by semi rural special use and rural buffers for its further protection.
  • The proposed relocation site is a further 40-50 minutes South of Jandakot.
  • Currently more than 60 % of the users come from the North of Perth.
  • Relocation will jeopardize the very existence of an aviation business community that contributes $3-400 millions per year and supports 900 jobs directly.
  • There are important local environmental issues in the bush land that have been established and are protected by Government that are in the same danger as is the bush land recently “accidentally” bulldozed at Perth Airport.

 

Matters of immediate concern.

 

  • The businesses on the airport are suffering financial and personal stress resulting from the activities of JAH.
  • The continuing financial burden on the JACC which represents the great majority of the tenants and is therefore funded by them is approaching costs of $50,000 to date with a further $50,000 expected to be necessary should this issue continue to be responsible for the current financial and personal stress.
  • The JACC and tenants are very concerned that they should have to fund their own protection against the actions of their landlord and remain uncompensated, when it is clear the landlord has unlimited resources in this regard.
  • The deepest pocket wins scenario is not appropriate for the stewardship of a Commonwealth asset.
  • The addition of the 4th runway approved in the 2005 Master Plan seems to have been abandoned.
  • Public statements by JAH that they no longer consider the Federal Govt and community agreed 2005 Master Plan is valid.
  • Concern that the ARID facilitated consultation document and process, unsolicited by the Government or airport community, contains misleading, deceptive information and invalid conclusions.
  • It also and forms an impression that the consultation is a Federal Government initiative.
  • Despite the incorrect nature of the matters contained in the Arid consultative document being brought to their attention they continue to disseminate it nonetheless.
  • The ARID consultative document does not contain any reference to data sources nor any consultants input that is independently verifiable.

 

It is within the Ministers gift to stop this whole thing as soon as he makes a statement requiring the Lessees to operate Jandakot Airport under the terms of their lease or risk a determination of it.

The regulations governing the actions of or operation of airports by lessees against
the needs of the region in which the airport is located; or

The interests of the airport users.

must be invoked and prosecuted.

 We are attempting a deadline for delivery of your letters addressed to the Minister and delivered to THE Jandakot office of;

 Deliver to

AIRFLITE PTY LTD 

37 Eagle Drive

Jandakot Airport.

 by close of business Thurs 12th so that we may collate them send them as a single package for the greatest effect.