Ron, if all I had to do was deal with the local contractor, it would've been installed on the first day. I am quite confident of that. I have worked with him before.
The government contractor managing the installations is micro managing the sub-contractors with typical remote bureacratic incompetence:
The management company collects the data about my roof from me: it is "tin" (colorbond to be correct) and the dwelling is timber framed. (It had to collect it FOUR TIMES from me... ding, ding, ding, alarm bells are ringing!)
The sub-contractor must install the new dish without disturbing the old one
. That is the landowner's responsibility to remove and make good.
The sub-contractor has the power to decide if the roof is too flexible and requires a pole installation, but he is not empowered to carry a pole with him so he can exercise that discretion on the spot.
This is what bugs me...
Today the sub-contractor had a longer pole (5m) and was not approved to cut it down to 3.8m to do the job. 1.2m of 2" pipe doesn't cost much, neither does the labour to cut it... certainly not as much as my employer lost by not having me at work, and certainly not as much as I reckon a day's annual leave is worth to me, to do what I want instead of waiting around for things not to happen.
I know a lot of things often get lumped on "the government" incorrectly, but the problem is not the sub-contractor, it is Skybridge.
Al.