ferris
- 'How do you intend to hold a/c closer to the field at up to 13 000' ? You won't get them down and they'll get vectors all over the place to lose height.' What you mean like at the moment? Things are running smoothly until the next one off Desdi is at 220 for 12!! Hey the lower they are at Desdi, the easier it is to get a straight in, 13000 is about right for max leaving Desdi.
- Overflyers, do what we do already vector them clear of the hold.
- 20nm through the gates worked, I didn't say we got it, anything between 15 & 30 was what we ended up with. It still meant a damn lot of work for arrivals. Don't think anyone is getting an easy life around here.
- 'sequence' 'in-trail-space' talk about splitting hairs, you line them up with a required space between them, does it matter what you call it?
- 'Why isn't the COORD position staffed all night? I'm not sure that you guys realise how thin the staffing is at the ACC.'
Coord is staffed all night. This is Serco, ya think we're flush with staff? No director last night cos we had only 7 outta 12 in for work!!
- 'It's not exactly 'the best service' alluded to above, to come out of the hold and be 20nm or 30nm behind the arrival ahead. '
Just how do you expect us to fit in arrivals from other directions?
- Threshold arrival times, great idea we do need some strategic flow control at busy periods but it needs to be worked out so crews get a dep slot time, they do it in other parts of the world!
ASNO
Completely with you ref the open line of communications, I like to be constantly on the phone giving the best service but some of your crews hate that.
Coord has to do all you mention, external coordination, internal coordination between arr & dep(thanks to new rules we have) and try to look at the big sequence. So yes he/she may not have got around to the a/c you mention but they will. Oh and don't forget calls from pillocks in the military who want to know what such a sqwuak is at such a range from Dubai
Why exactly do we have right hand hold at Desdi? We all have the same problem with some pilots, if they don't do things correctly we must file against them (I know I get lazy about it too) lets bury the Great Dane in paperwork until we get the morons banned from our airspace.
Big Brother
The great dane here, I feel honoured, come out of his ivory tower just to hear what we have to say
Maybe he might learn something as he never seems to come to the workface!
FT