Not sure about that, Nigel - the previous sentence says the Learjet "baulked at climbing up into uncontrolled airspace despite being cleared to do so". On my reading of the story FL240 was controlled airspace but above it was uncontrolled, so the Melbourne bound Learjet remained at FL240 which was the same FL assigned to Sydney bound JQ720. What's not clear to me is whether the Learjet was directed to climb or only cleared to climb at pilot's discretion - in other words, was the Learjet where it was supposed to be or not, why was he apparently on the 'wrong' freqency, and what was in his flight plan?
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