Dick said:
the staff are no longer there to man an independent VHF Flightwatch system.
I reply:
Dick,
Considering only the daylight hours (as the HF people do all the function overnight)
Prior to 27 Oct, flightwatch VHF was done by One (1) officer on a single console.
Post 27 Oct, Flightwatch is ghosted by that same One (1) Officer on exactly that same console using exactly the same facilities as pre-27 Oct.
Very simple to cancel the relevant AIP SUPs and go back to pre 27 Oct.
Surely a mere phone call to flightwatch would confirm this?
We disagree, the best outcome is to roll back then conduct a full review using persons external to the entire process.
If there was a was a distress phase, there will be an incident report submitted.