Originally Posted by
BuzzBox
ICAO Annex 14 allows a temporary downgrade two categories below the aircraft RFFS category for departure and destination aerodromes. "Temporary" is defined as a period of time not exceeding 72 hours.
ICAO Annex 14 also allows the RFFS category to be one category below that required for the highest category aircraft where the number of movements of aircraft in the highest category is less than 700 in the busiest consecutive three month period. ERSA currently shows the only Category 10 airport in Australia is SYD. Other capital city airports that have scheduled A380 flights (BNE, MEL, PER) are Category 9.
So just because BNE, MEL, PER
can operate one or two categories below what's required. How do pilots feel about whether they actually
should? This seems like something that occurred during the pandemic and hasn't resumed since?