I have to agree with genex-with a caveat, worst in the western world. I accept that the traffic management plan is done to satisfy political convenience, but the movement cap is ludicrous, as is the 'noise sharing'. From a risk management perspective aircraft should ALWAYS be sequenced on to the most into wind runway, not with a downwind component. In the days of Stage 4 + compliant aircraft noise is no longer the issue it once was. Also the arrivals,especially early am- we get holding at less than 20 mins notice, or are told to lose 5-10mins when cruising at .85 and 10 mins before ToD. Apparantly they didn't know we were coming, even though t is at the same time every day and we have been in Aus FIR for the last 5 hrs or so. SYD is not only a joke, it is an international embarassment for all Australians. I guess thats TAATS for you, and don't even get me started on AUs inbound processing in Customs/Quarantine.
