Heres the thing about EFPS,
There is actually NO improvement on the system we use already. When given a demonstration in the last week by one of the Nats gravy train brigade we were shown what would happen in the event of a go around.
"What we teach with this" she said " is to sort out the traffic and then get back to the strips",
Hang on a second,
I thought the whole point of a strip display is to give an accurate illustration of what is going on!
Even during the messiest go-around at EGLL I can still have a quick glance down and have a fairly good idea of who is where.
Heres a quick test, try without looking at it to use the calculator on your PC, just try to write a three figure number ( a heading for example!). Then try to write the same 3 figure number on a piece of paper with a pen you are already holding. Which is quicker?
Conclusive proof that EFPS reduces "out the window" time.
I am far from being your old dinosaur ATCO but this EFPS is a nightmare, what really bugs me is that there is no improvement on the system we have. There are no hints, no alarms if you stuff too many things on the runway, nothing that I think will help me with what I am doing.
However SRG has no idea what goes on in a busy tower today they have been bought too many good lunches by those shoehorning this into place, who in turn had that Canadian hospitality and felt obliged to buy it. Voila! certification!
So its coming, its useless, it is actively reducing safety, enjoy!
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t will only hit the turbofan when BAA and the airlines realise that the hourly movement rate at EGLL has halved!