CASA’s Revised GAAP Procedures on D&G General Aviation
Peuce - you have brought up a good point.
A week ago I checked with my contacts in the FAA in the United States, and they did not know of any Class D airport which had a limit on the number of aircraft in the circuit. In the States, it appears it is left up to the professionalism of the Air Traffic Controllers to make the decision.
For those who are concerned about going to the US system, let me point out that the GAAP procedures were copied from the Class D procedures at Van Nuys Airport in the USA. Unfortunately, rather than copy these procedures exactly, they were changed here in Australia - and that’s one of our problems.
By the way, before the abuse starts, I do not believe we should copy everything from the USA. I believe we should look around the world, take what is best and proven – especially if it adds to efficiencies – and combine that with what we already do which is better. After all, that’s what I did in my business career and it certainly worked.