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Old 6th Feb 2021, 05:30
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McLimit
 
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And to think you used to work at CASA, one would have thought you would have more of an understanding of ATC, Dick.
What? By working at CASA? How's that going to give you insight?

What a ridiculous, untrue, dangerous, and insulting statement to all ATC's.
You reckon? Another ATC trying to educate us on how difficult, complex, strenuous and stressful ATC is?

I beg to differ, in some circumstances, not all, it would be far easier and less workload to just separate rather then give traffic and continually monitor an OCTA IFR traffic situation.

You clearly don't understand the complexities of providing a separation service, particularly considering that it's often going to have to be a procedural (non surveillance) solution and run over HF with no direct VHF comms until 4000 ft, at many aerodromes.
Yes, if facilities and procedures were to remain the same as they are now.

You also fail to appreciate the increased physiological demands placed on the controller with the extra airspace.
Due in part to the ridiculous sector sizes in Australian airspace.

No longer are they providing traffic and monitoring the situation passively while two aircraft safely negotiate separation (usually less than an ATC separation standard) on the CTAF or the numbers
There are 4 families and hundreds of IFR pilots that may disagree with "two aircraft safely negotiate separation." this is not a dig at ATC, but it's a stupid statement to say that what happened at MNG was safe 999 times out of 1000.

They are having to actively monitor the traffic they have issued clearances to, to ensure continual application of appropriate separation standards and solve all of these NEW conflicts. Considering the aforementioned lack of surveillance and VHF in many places this becomes incredibly arduous in terms of mental capacity and workload.
Most aviation folk who know a little of what happens inside of ASA know that you are constrained by a multitude of factors: sector sizes, facilities, liability, oh, and lets not forget "operational requirements"

Please, understand the minutae of what you're saying before posting.
And you need to get out a little more, see a bit of the world and not be blinded by the monumental ignorance that is 'we are the best in the world' it's embarrassing.
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