Originally Posted by
chevvron
………..I don't know what criteria they apply but when I suggested a 'relaxation' of their rules to allow a form of 'land after' at a sometimes busy FISO location providing certain criteria were satisfied (so as to allow more flexible use of runway occupancy rather than have an unnecessary go around), I was told 'if your airfield is that busy, maybe we should look at upgrading you to ATC'.
So I shut up.
Think that sums up what we now have to deal with, ie the level of expertise/experience that is prevalent in SARG plus the low staff levels whereby they invariably just do not have time to get into discussions to improve day to day service provision.
We in the industry are expected to adopt a continuous improvement culture, from what I see it is rarely evident in SARG unless they are pushed or forced into it.
While not having a 100% success rate I’ve experienced far more wins than losses when challenging what was “The Authority”, either directly or indirectly.