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Old 25th Sep 2004, 12:40
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jack-oh
 
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It is not Lossie's problem that the recovery rate or the infrestucture at Inverness is failing to meet the requirements of its paying customers. Inverness and HIAL are thier own masters, Lossie only provides radar services to civil traffic to resolve conflictions with military aircraft, it is not there to prop up a civil airports failings.
As an aside, HIAL are taking steps to improve the situation and are considering investment in radar, controlled airspace and its own controllers to perform the task. All of these with the support of Lossie and Kinloss.
About 2 years ago Lossie realised the problems that would arrise with increased traffic levels and offered to provide vectors, in an attempt to get civil ac out of the way more quickly than at present. This ment however that Lossie would take on the approach function for a civil airport, this idea did not go down well and was declined. In retrospect it was probably best that it was, as stated before as long as the civil ac are safe and conflictions have been prevented between military ac, Lossie has fullfilled its obligations. The fact the scheduls are suffering is not really the militaries concern, and all complaints should be addressed to Inverness themselves.
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