This report was forwarded to the Model Aeronautical Association of Australia for their information.

The ATSB has not passed the dates of the incident in question to the operator as this would identify a particular incident and hence the controllers involved would be identified. The REPCON legislation requires that no person can be identified in a REPCON report.

After the REPCON Brief was forwarded to Airservices Australia they provided the following comments: Consistent with our response dated 26 February 2015, Airservices has conducted testing on the mitigation measure utilising the National Aeronautical Information Processing System (NAIPS) and re-configuring the air traffic management system Eurocat. The testing was completed on 5 March 2015 where SPECls were successfully distributed to relevant controllers for 2 test aerodromes. Following the successful test outcome, the relevant technical instructions and changes to the Manual of Air Traffic…

The GFA has provided the following statement in relation to this concern: Gliding has been safely conducted at the airfield since 1984, and the requirements at paragraph 18.4 of the GFA Manual of Standard Procedures have already been established. The local Council has confirmed to you that it is actively working with all airfield users and those wishing to utilise the airfield, and GFA remains hopeful of a mutually acceptable local resolution.