Also, RAAF bases tend to have very little airspace (40nm = about 6-7 minutes from receiving a B737 on freq to handing it off to TWR). The surrounding airspace belongs to ASA and we don't get the benefits of maestro or a dedicated Flow controller. If 2 acft are handed off in such a way that indicates a dead heat to the rwy (as frequently occurred in DN) and I only have 40nm to do something about, then one of them is in for some extra track miles. Without a flow controller, then when APP is busy inside their 40nm, looking out to 100nm to check someone else's airspace to coordinate speed restrictions etc just doesn't happen.
Tell me this is a joke. Please.
Errrrr...ahem...most TCUs are 30 -40 miles champ.
40 track miles to run in a jet? 10mins (maybe 9 with a keener in a 717, maybe 11 with jetstar's slowdown to safe fuel thingy). 2 aircraft are a problem? Get No1 to give you 310+ and get No2 to give you 270.
If 2 acft are handed off in such a way that indicates a dead heat to the rwy (as frequently occurred in DN
Lucky no one else gets dead heats.
Those procedural fellas at Rocky, Mackay and Maroochy must be killing chickens to make the dark arts work so smoothly (blue chickens for the ex RAAFie controllers at those units).
Maroochy moves more traffic procedurally from the TWR than TVL does with a TCU.
Nurse! Nurse!
