Originally Posted by
Lapon
This.
Why is it that ATC is only provided during 'business hours' and not for high capacity jet arrivals/departures.
It seems ridiculous that ATC comes on watch after the RPT jets have come and gone rather than starting an hour hour or so earlier. Not unique to MCY.
It's called affordable safety. Flight out of ATC hours costs less than a flight when the TWR is open. Simple maths. If ASA changed the opening hours then the airlines would reschedule their arrival times to earlier. Same, same for closing times. Business hours means that either a single ATC could operate the TWR, or maybe 3 ATCs over slightly longer hours. Extend further then you probably need a 4th ATC per day.