Perth out of control...
Well, I broke a new record today.
Left the bay on time at 0700 LMT, and 41 minutes later was airborne. 16 aircraft in the queue and lots of kero burning.
Assigned a taxi slot time of 0700 - 0710, which became of little relevance as 0720, 30 and 40 approached.
Rwy 03 and 06 were in use simultaneously.
Anyone out there from Perth ATC able to comment on why this sort of thing has to occur when it would be as simple as putting a start clearance requirement on the ATIS? Or even on ACD assigning a realistic taxi slot time, since it looked like 14 planes were assigned the same slot today.
I realise the infrastructure both operators and ATC alike have to work with can only bear so much, but Perth airport is becoming embarrassing...
520.