Originally Posted by
NorthSouth
Surely a mistake?
AFAIK they haven't got the money to buy a new radar yet, let alone ordered one. To get one in place and operational by 31-3-07 they'd have to be installing it on site NOW. 31-3-07 is supposed to be the operational date for the feed to a radar room at EGPE, not the new radar.
But in among all this there is also the question, what about controlled airspace? Sure, they won't get CAS until they have radar, but having radar - especially a feed from a head 25nm away - without CAS still leaves a lot to be desired. We now have announcements of yet more new routes - Southampton, NEMA, Belfast City - and CAA stats show Inverness handling more ATMs now than Bournemouth and DTV, both of which have CAS, and almost as many as Prestwick, which got its CAS back in 2003.
NS
You think that Inverness have problems at the moment, these are a walk in the park compared to the application for CAS.
Firstly, radar with SSR is required for the entire opening hours of the airport with a guarantee that full staffing will be available.
Todays CAA stats count for nothing, DAP will consider such things when the above criteria is satisfied.
There are a miriad of organisations who have to be informed, consulted and kept updated, continuous proof of tis is required.
I doubt that HIAL have the nouse or competence to do the above, unless of course, they employ an outside contractor who knows what they are doing.