Amazing isn't it, how a lack of knowledge and a little bit of info go to make a non-story that scares Jo Public.
I wonder if Mark, Richard & Carol would be shocked to find out that their holiday charter flights went into plenty of destinations that didn't have radar at all! How do they think aviation survived in the past? Do they not realise that contingency planning is done for just about everything in aviation in an attempt to minimise reliance on any one system?
It really is irresponsible to scare people without putting increased risk factors into perspective; I'm damn sure that during the period of no ground radar at Luton the pax were still at significantly more risk once they had got into their trusty motor in the car park.................
PP
ps Was it 'Ground Radar' (not been to Luton for a long time) or was it ground based radar used in the terminal area? Threads crossed either way.
Last edited by Pilot Pete; 14th Apr 2002 at 19:26.