Originally Posted by
mairyhinge
Whats with the approach controller telling us to keep 210 kts to 12 miles, then change to tower who then informs us that windshear is reported ? This then leaves us with having to reconfigure the aircraft for a windshear technique approach, and change in Vapp and to be configured and stabilized by 1500 feet instead of 1000 feet. Is it possible for the approach controller to talk to the tower controller and vice versa and to then realise that a more conservative speed control is now necessary ?
This is by no means an attack on ATC but rather a question about comunication between controllers and whether they are taking actual conditions into account ?
Peace
CPA never gave the controller a crash course on how to fly their aeroplane, 210 to 12 is to try to help you stay clean and save 50 cents worth of fuel. If you can't do it, tell us. If the windshear is reported for the first time then you will have to do what you need to do. We separate traffic first and foremost. We have no idea that you need to stablize by 1500 and not 1000 as most other airlines do under the circumstances. Most controllers are fed up with you guys who thinks that yours is the only aeroplane in the sky and expect us to know how to serve everyone of you.