I'm in! The 5/10/15/20 Club sounds like a plan until at least UAE staffing, and the Maxmo procedures are sorted out. (So for a long long time)
Whilst taking time off from my waterbed escapades, I was thinking back on a previous post on this thread from the pilot who thought how professional LHR is because inbound ac go into the hold and then straight in for their approach. I started wondering how many LHR arrival controllers take time out to range out to 120nm (that would be out by Amsterdam somewhere by the way) and see if anyone 100nm away can go direct a 10NM final. Or maybe, how many times does LHR tower get on the phone to LHR Departure, which calls LHR Enroute to ask for less outbound spacing, because this really really angry dispatch guy from BA called and wants to know why the Delhi flight is dealyed because his cousin is onboard. I am not a very smart man, but I'm thinking this would never happen in the "Professional" part of the world. Yet we do this all the time! And for what? To be told by pilots how "Unprofessional" we are because we had to vector a/c out of the hold when the planned inbound spacing didn't work out due to unforseen factors. (ie: go around, low vis, tower needing extra space due to the fact they are now controlling out of a laundry closet, where each controller in the VCR gets a 8% view of the airport)
SO yes, the 5/10/15/20 club is a wonderful idea until someone comes up with better, who else is in?
I notice also with some dissapointment that some of the controllers from UAE ACC who have the most gripes and post on pretty much every thread containing the letters U A or E on pprune have been quiet when it comes time to start coming up with ideas on how to make work more bearable amongst ourselves. Interesting....
Well that's been 10 minutes, my stocks are back up to firing strength, the bedroom beckons!