J> So in the event of an event, why would the feeds be ‘pulled’ if they have no bearing on the safety/security of air travel?
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The debate is that you as a spotter feel hard done by that legislation exists in the UK that prevents live ATC feeds
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Not at all, I can sit outside any airport and listen merrily to atc feeds direct from the horses mouth.
But I do feel hard done by the attitudes of those I considered professionals, however the debate is on naming that legislation to analyse what small print actually says that atc / passur feeds cannot be published in real time.
*** If David Beckham misses an open goal, it won’t stop half the country laughing in his face and telling him he’s crap, but then he’s the man on the pitch at the time and only he knows the conditions at hand; something a true supporter would appreciate this as I do in your case Jerricho (or any other ATCO). If Mr Beckham fouls up and ‘genuinely’ questions his own abilities ‘off the back’ of accusations made from anyone of 100,000 rabble in the stands; then he shouldn’t be doing the job.***
And I do believe, not once have I questioned the fine work that ATCOs do in keeping UK air space the safest in the world. (which would not be compromised by the nominal developments I’m suggesting) Whether my suggestions might invoke more scaremongering is a different debate all together. (Mr Beckham copes very well with all the browbeating he gets..)
Perhaps I haven’t explained the passur link all that well (has anyone bothered to look? The contention is more to do with the real time broadcasting of those ‘moving maps’ which pax see in their headrest.
Imagine those nervous flyers who send their nervous families off on holiday. I’m just supposing it might prove comforting to them to be able to type in a flight number online and know that flight ‘abc’ was currently happily cruising at x over y on its why to z. Businesses would even by able to chart the progress of freighter a/c carrying important cargo. (etc) The reasons are many and varied, but tuning into an airline website to be faced with either 1) ‘Not landed’ 2) ‘landed’3) ‘call airline’, just seems a little old tech…
Perhaps carriers can use their internal datalink for a/c to report their real time positions direct to airline ops. Then it’s up to the carrier whether it publishes that on its website. (Is there anything unlawful against this in the UK?)
I don’t expect a civil reply, but anyone wishing to tell me ‘what an abuse of their professional rights’ they would feel – then save it, I kinda worked that out.
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