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Old 22nd Apr 2009, 07:54
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In a perfect world sure they should see the the notam, in the real world...
The point is that in a perfect world, i.e. one where the originators adhere to accepted international standards, that the NOTAM would have appeared on their PIB for the first time that morning.

Instead, what they were expected to see, mixed in with all the information noise in the PIB, was a message that had been appearing on their PIB since 15 Jan. The message contained 4 dates: 15 Jan, 25 March, 4 Dec 2008 and 12 March. The message got changed on 12 Feb as once again the project overran: identical words, now new dates: 12 Feb, 22 Apr, 4 Dec 2008, 9 Apr. And that very revised message had been appearing in their PIB for LIEE for two months since 12 Feb. So all they needed to do was pick out from all that noise was that the date had crept past 9 Apr...

What was needed (no, what was required) was a new message that said simply "From today, our procedures are different".
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