With the snow on the runway last night came the usual fun & games of pilots asking about the braking action.
ATC had to tell them that they couldn't give the readings they required as, being wet snow, the readings would be unreliable. Makes me wonder why readings are taken if they aren't for the ears of the pilots.
I am sure in olden times the braking co-efficients WERE given, so what changed?
Could the pilots not be given the readings, with the provisio that it is wet snow & therefore possibly not 100% reliable, therefore landing is at pilots' discresion?
Or was there some incident somewhere which resulted in the change.
Not as if Aberdeen hasn't had snow down the years...maybe in the olde days it was more of the dry powdery stuff & not the heavy slushy stuff climate change brings us.
ps. no criticism of ATC or snow teams, they only apply the rules.