Originally Posted by
Brian 48nav
One of the biggest pains when there is bad wx about is, when as an LHR controller, your next planned departure... say a DVR off 27R tells you as he lines up that he'll need to look at his 'Cloud & clonk' before rolling. Quite understandable of course - so would I. If he says he needs to go straight ahead for 5 or 6 miles before turning left that's your next 5 minutes or so of deps' screwed plus you've got 3 or 4 different radar controllers to co-ordinate with. All part of life's rich pattern!
At least you're all on the ground not being hammered by the storms!
Please excuse a retired old fart coming in with his 5 pennies worth.'' Nurse, Where's my tablets!''
You should try it on a single runway with the inbound at 3 miles and the departure suddenly pipes up with his weather avoidance request. Which, when asked prior to lining up, was "we can follow a standard departure".
And the request is never going to get approved.
And there's not enough time to get him off the runway.
And the arrival has said in the event of a go-around it will be non standard.
And the next 3 departures are all on slots.
And an MDI.
And the slowest is first.
No wonder I'm shattered most days during the summer. Way too old for this game.