Originally Posted by
George Glass
Round and round we go.
This and other threads such as the Mangalore accident thread can be summed up simply.
Non radar CTAFS are inherently dangerous.
The risk is acceptable when traffic volumes are low.
The risks are NOT acceptable for high capacity RPT jet traffic.
The Mola mola’s of this world are the problem, not the solution.
Remember , manned towers were REMOVED under the nut job DS regime at this and other airports.
Can we get real and move into the 21st century ?
The “nut job DS regime” removed them in the context of the then-prevailing circumstances.
In any event, assuming the decision to remove them was the wrong one, why have they not been reinstated? The “nut job” regime has been gone for decades.