Undercover Dragon
Black hawk down's comment
"at least we never(at least since i joined) fired anyone because of faults.you see it a dominos effect else where(like next door) everyone blames who is below him for faliures,but we dont here in Muscat we support each other"
cross refers to recent events at the UAE ACC which has had four serious power outages since the inception of the new SZC, In Muscat they look to cure the cause of any outage whereas at the UAE ACC they don't look for cause but, instead, look for scapegoats.
So far the UAE ACC Director Air Navigation Services & his advisor have been responsible for firing five control staff and two engineering staff recently in relation to the power outages (combined with these staff questioning the lack of ICAO mandated safety procedures) instead of asking if the cause of the outages had anything to do with their (DANS & advisor) designing of the system.
As Black hawk down says no system is perfect, i.e. the recent system failure at Shanwick on Oct 3rd occasioned the publishing of the following:
ATCSCC ADVZY 005 DCC 10.03/09 SHANWICK OCEANIC AIRSPACE
EUROCONTROL HAS ADVISED THAT SHANWICK OCEANIC AIRSPACE HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO ATC EQUIPMENT FAILURE. ALL WESTBOUND DEPARTURES OUT OF EUROPE HAVE BEEN GROUND STOPPED AT THIS TIME.
THERE IS NO ESTIMATE FOR A RESUMPTION OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES THROUGH THIS AIRSPACE. EXPECT FURTHER UPDATES AS RECEIVED.
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