Kirstey
12th Jun 2006, 12:16
Wonder if any of you TC ATCOS can help me?
talking to Gatwick (C150) on 126.82 trying to get a cheeky one over the top to Redhill, we were declined (seemed quiet when I called up.. 5 mins later it was non stop!) however we kept our squawk as we flew around the zone.
While we were listening about 60% of the Gatwick inbounds were handed to the Tower as one would expect.. however the others were handed to another director frequency (118. sommat or other!).
Now my question is why? I understand a lot of busy airports have several "director" frequencies.. but in this case why were some handed to the tower and others to another appch freq? There were no mentions of SRA that I recall which would have been my guess?
any suggestions?
thanks
talking to Gatwick (C150) on 126.82 trying to get a cheeky one over the top to Redhill, we were declined (seemed quiet when I called up.. 5 mins later it was non stop!) however we kept our squawk as we flew around the zone.
While we were listening about 60% of the Gatwick inbounds were handed to the Tower as one would expect.. however the others were handed to another director frequency (118. sommat or other!).
Now my question is why? I understand a lot of busy airports have several "director" frequencies.. but in this case why were some handed to the tower and others to another appch freq? There were no mentions of SRA that I recall which would have been my guess?
any suggestions?
thanks