What duties would these (lets call them) FIA Controllers do?
Provide DTI in Class G Sectors
Provide Flightwatch services
Provide remote Aerodrome Traffic Information Services e.g. Ballina
Possibly provide on-site Aerodrome Traffic Information Tower Services e.g. Karratha or Avalon … a la United Kingdom
Been done before
quite successfully actually.
What is the precedent for this?
Been done before
quite successfully actually.
Would the FIA Controllers progress to be Separation Controllers?
Been done before
quite successfully actually. A lot are probably your colleagues
Possibly, after a bridging course,
Been done before
quite successfully actually.
they may not easily translate to separation.
It depends on the age of the participant. You will find a lot of your colleagues are very good controllers who have come from this background. Several are sitting on busy radar sectors including Brisbane TMA. Some have even managed to translate their skills to extremely busy centres in Western Europe.
