LapSap,
Tower was a huge mistery to me.
Take 25 years of UK/Nats training,turn it inside out and then forget most of and you got HK tower.It a real shame that the Civil Service and CAD don't seem to give a toss anymore.Is it legal to have non Atcos working out procedural separations for live traffic.Ain't here.
Oicur12,
When i was there I wondered about slot times.A BIG CANNOT but why.Take the 3 min flow for example.CDC issues airborne slots of say 1240-1250. 3 aircraft are allowed to start for that 10min slot.The next 3 get 1250-1300 etc.Now tower are responsible for departing the traffic 3 mins apart,any order .Fine tune flowing from the hold.The advantage is that there is a steady flow of traffic,with less chance of missed slots.The pilots have an airborne time to aim at.CDC can manage the times easily and give direct answers to direct questions;or indeed the answer before the question is asked.It sounds professional instead of the Gweilo Airlines 999 + 3mins crap.You can juggle traffic around easily if one goes tech.CDC can get rid of traffic onto ground with a reaslistic target to aim at.Works with slower flow rates say 5 mins.
If they are doing that now then.
If they are not then they should try it.