Originally Posted by
blackburn
Mr Approach, the Aero Commander was IFR and that makes no difference as to whether the pilot may make use of a tailwind (Flight manual max 10 kts) for departure or arrival in the same manner as that quoted for the A320.
Hi Blackburn - in that case the US use of Class E airspace would have prevented the incident because ATC would have explained why they were not able to provide an IFR clearance from the reciprocal runway. (Note: This does depend on how the Class E is designed and operated. For instance the design of the so-called trial of Class E at Ayers Rock would not have mitigated this incident. That is because Airsvices only wants to provide a "service" where it is costless, but not where it would invlove employing more ATCs. Unless of course the Minister tells them to - which returns me to my point)