There Has to be a Better System!
Pilots are definitely either not bothering to obtain Notams at the pre-flight stage or, if they do, they are not reading them.
Recently, I have been conducting a "private" survey of IFR pilots and IFR training institutions re the approved DA for the Rwy 26 ILS at YMEN. Invariably all the pilots, AND IFR INSTRUCTORS, are still operating to a DA of 490 feet/1.5km.
They are obviously unaware of this NOTAM which has now been out for about 3 months (at least since April):
C199/05 REVIEW C137/05
AIP DAP EAST AMD AS FLW:
1. SID ESSENDON ONE DEP (RADAR) - ALL RWY DATED 25 NOV 2004
AMD RWY 17 CLIMB GRADIENT 3.6 PERCENT TO 1600FT THEN 3.3 PERCENT
2. RWY 26 ILS DATED 9 JUN 2005 AMD S-I ILS DA TO 640 (401) 2.2 FROM 06 200324 TO PERM
Why the DAP plate for YMEN, dated 9 June 2005, wasn't amended accordingly defies logic