There are some airline environments where the despatchers would have been aware of what was going on, the Station Manager would have been in regular contact with the airport authorities and would have kept the Operations department in the loop. They would have issued a RED Flight Crew Notice. Concerns with ATC would have been promulgated throughout the fleet. On the day the despatcher , who is responsible for reading all the Notams ( in conjunction with the Captain ) would have briefed the crew. This lo-cost model seems to have some bits missing.