Originally Posted by
DIBO
Nothing to do with hindsight, nor knowing what is going to happen.
Compared to TWR ATC staring in the fog (so to speak), a John Doe with FR24 on its iPad watching in near real-time and in every detail what is unfolding, is a world of difference.
(and this screenshot is from the flawed replay function in FR24, not correctly reproducing what the real-time picture was)
Of course, nobody is implying that ATC should start using FR24.
On a CAT III morning with no ground radar coverage, why should the controller not be equipped with an iPad and software to display ADS-B data? Why did we force every airplane operating at controlled airfields to have ADS-B capability and NOT provide the controllers with simple devices to see the data that ADS-B generates?