Originally Posted by
TCAS FAN
Strewth, sounds as if you have the same problem as we do up here, they don't make controllers as they used to!
They laid off a lot of the best ones back in the early 2000s, that's when they decided to reduce the tower hours and have a former controller as a CA/GRO instead, so people who can't read the ERSA were so used to his voice they thought he was still a controller...it took one to land on top of another one before someone realised that the operators were right when they said it wasn't safe.
I suppose the next step will be to close it altogether and as most pilots operating out of Jandakot still can't read the ERSA, you will often find yourself face to face with someone on base.
At least if they close the tower you wouldn't have to send all your students home on the first sunny day for a week because of their ridiculous "operational restrictions". Gone are the days when a packet of TimTams would help you get a place in a busy circuit!
(Little red PA28 is still going strong
