Originally Posted by
escaped.atco
Result - strip the current building of all equipment, lease the new equipment to the aforementioned gullible airport director, again saving costs rather than buying it outright. Fast forward to the end of the contract - the ANSP now has the airport by the throat. Theres no equipment in the building any more, if it is even still there. The contract cost has now doubled but there's nothing the airport can do. It will now cost exponentially more to re-equip the building to the required standard, they can't even get a new ANSP to come in cos there's nothing there to provide a service with.
Or maybe I'm just old and cynical.
Not sure it’s quite that clear-cut.
Perhaps there’s a big dial on the wall at the airport, with various increments, as to where the airport sends all the data to the remote tower; the big dial points towards ACME ANSP Remote Tower Centre right now, but hey ho, the current incumbent has lost the contract because they didn’t reduce their price out of complacency, thinking they had a lock-in......come the switchover day, that ‘gullible’ airport manager reaches over from his desk, and with a smile on his face he turns the dial to Foreign ANSP Remote Tower Centre, who bid lower, and have spent the time since the announcement training up their own controllers, and everything just carries on. Just cheaper. The airport manager smiles as he looks at how many Remote Tower Centres are inscribed on his dial, and they’re increasing in number all the time.
The airport manager leans leans back and smiles while thinking of the next contract renewal............