FTDK,
Then my next transmission would have been:
"Centre, XXX unable to remain in VMC, upgrading to IFR due weather, maintaining eight thousand five hundred, request clearance at ammended one zero thousand"!
In that case,
The Manual Of Air Traffic Services says:
9-10-340 Precedence ...
..., unless doing so would compromise safety
your request would be assessed and details more than likely taken as soon as practicable.
James Michael (We know about you guys with two first names, btw
),
When you hear us following up with requests for broadcasts on CTAFs, we are following up on IFR a/c, OUR responsibility. For an overdue SARTIME (VFR), the only impact on us is
maybe a phone call from CENSAR asking if we have heard from ABC overdue at XXXX. The total list of our actions is usually to broadcast once for the a/c, check the scratchpad to see if anyone had jotted down any VFR banter and respond to CENSAR "Sorry, no joy"
Just on a side note, can anyone guess what strategies were put in place,(extra staff?training?), when FW was closed up and handed to the controllers? If you haven't been able to come up with an answer, then ...CORRECT
