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Old 11th Mar 2021, 04:42
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If only CAsA prosecuted those "real" criminals with the same fervour they go after "perceived" criminals.

Take, for example, the Upper Hunter Shire Council and their new, yew-bewdt, multi-million-dollar Scone Airport upgrade. Tore up the old runway lights, installed new LED's, new wiring, new PAPI, new everything. But then they didn't have it tied into the PAL, so they just left it switched on at night and put that notification in the ERSA with a NOTAM to say the new lights weren't flight-checked yet. No problem there, you'd think, and you'd be right. ERSA says "Lights on HN" and the lights are on HN. All good.

Except then they turned the PAL on didn't they. And haven't listed the PAL frequency in their AIP entry, nor is there a NOTAM to say "Hey, the lights we said would be on, now aren't on and as we won't tell you the PAL frequency, so you'll need NVG's to find the airfield, good luck!" so any poor pilot rocking up to Scone after last light based on data contained in the (incorrect) ERSA entry now needs to hold, pending someone turning them on, or divert elsewhere.

Have Council been told of that risk? Yep. Is there a NOTAM out? Nope.

Anyone would think that is a clear breach of MOS139, but will CAsA do anything? I've got $10 saying "Nope!"
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