Originally Posted by tribo
The person on the ground take the desicion when to close the runway or any other part of the movement area for maintenance, preparation, etc and when to open for traffic by issuing a Surface Condition Report
Neither I (ATCO) or the ground guy whoo does the measuring will take steps to close a runway. He reports what he sees and measuers, I relay the report to the A/Cīs, and then itīs ultimately their decision.
Someone is always willing to be the guiney... I guess itīs the same mechanism that will sometimes drive me to tweak the rules just to make the weels go round. Eventhough I can be certain to have my b**** chopped of, if something goes wrong.
