AFTN outages
Gents, you are missing the point!
WHO CARES why the AFTN failed or where!!!
The point is the ridiculous requirements of UAE forcing Muscat and Bahrain to descend aircraft that are RVSM approved FOR NO LOGICAL REASON!
Sorry about the shouting, but we have more than enough to do on our side of the fence without descending or in several cases in the past two days, climbing a/c from F270 up to their requested levels as soon as they clear UAE airspace.
If the pilot says he is RVSM approved...that should be the end of it. Up he goes!
Can some of the companies kindly complain??
Most service providers do tend to listen when the paying customer has a whinge.