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Old 17th Nov 2008, 10:08
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mjbow2: No one said that the radar wasn't being used below A085 - ATC just says that your radar control is terminated. You are still getting a control service to the ground from LT TWR and the aircraft is still identified by the sector controller. It's just the person in the tower doesn't have a radar rating. Outside tower hours the sector controller can still see them descend in Class G and uses it just fine to provide a traffic service.

The situation is not ideal, granted, but with the current staff shortages, AsA don't have the time or resources to dedicate to a rewrite of airspace and procedures, as well as maps and radar datasets. Give AsA the controllers and radar/ADS-B and they can give you radar/CTA to the deck. It's just a dollars thing......and the fact that a good percentage of the workforce are overseas now.

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