No ATC-TIBA- Your experiences
Currently here in Oz, due to staff shortages, we have contingency called Traffic Information Broadcast by Aircraft (TIBA). It is used when there are no controllers to work the airspace. Basically, if any aircraft enter what was controlled airspace they are to announce and self-separate with whomever may also be in the airspace. We are talking internationals and RPT jets mixing with regionals and bug smashers.
Our regulator,CASA, and our employer, Airservices Australia, are in the public arena telling the media that this is an internationally accepted practice and that safety is not being compromised, it is up to the pilot to enter or fly around the airspace.
My questions are
1. Has this ever occurred in your airspace (98 times in June in Oz) and when was the last time?
2. Would you consider it the internationally accepted practice?
3. Would you deem that safety is not being compromised?
4. Any jobs going out your way?
Last edited by max1; 11th Jul 2008 at 13:10.