All this paranoia about SARwatches reads very much like the current paranoia about getting the frequency right for that Mayday call (Closest ATC? Charted ATC freq? 121.5?). Why the angst? Nobody's going to get to you for hours. And did you put in a flight plan so the searchers would at least have the lateral search part sorted out?
Oh, hang on, LB could use "mobile phone location technologies" to send a Whatsapp location. That'll help the searchers.
You sure have a weird concept of “paranoia”, Bloggsie. Suggesting that a SARWATCH provided a sense of security is not “paranoia” - at least not in the dictionaries I consult.
And the SAR authorities do now use mobile phone cell handshake data as a means to locate lost aircraft.
SARTIMEs are not held by Airservices, they are held by AusSAR.
No they are not, fujii. SARTIMEs are held by CENSAR, which is part of Airservices. Those who spend their time in Airservices in the rarefied atmosphere of ATC would not be aware of this hangover from the FIS/ATC status divide.
If a SARTIME isn’t canceled, CENSAR (in Airservices) contacts AusSAR.