Another SAMOS Question
Same at Aberdeen. Our ATSAs have partial MET Obs certificates which allow them to correct SAMOS information but not to provide met observations.
My question is: What do other NATS Units do when the SAMOS fails?
We have a backup system which provides everything apart from visibility, weather, cloud heights and amounts. However our ATSAs cannot give obs and the ATCOs can't give "unofficial observations from the tower" as that is only allowed if they percieve the WX to be worse than the official MET, and there won't be one if the SAMOS is goosed.
Our local instructions say that ADC is to determine whether the prevailing WX conditions would normally allow the affected procedures to be used but I guess that if it is anything much less than VMC, pilots would need cloud and visibility information before commencing an approach.
Your thoughts please.