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Old 3rd Mar 2020, 08:38
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Any views on the view from the tower (camera)?

RAF Lossiemouth is long overdue a new ATC tower and after some of the recent investment being identified as being for the tower (https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisat...f-lossiemouth/) it appears that the idea of remote local control is being favoured. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-51705008

It is unclear from the BBC article whether the tower would be simply aided by "cameras and zoom lenses" or if the usual goldfish bowl would be replaced with a windowless room equipped with large monitors, as seems to be the trend in London and anywhere HIAL can fit them.

If one assumes perfect comms and security, would you be happy to use a remote service? Would this view change with more real-world comms (given that Lossiemouth does get fast internet these days)?
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