Originally Posted by fc101
I guess this will be discussed in any accident/incident report, but what are Jersey's runway inspection procedures? (The most important issue not yet discussed)
I imagine Jersey's procedures are similar to those at other airports. Unless there is something to indicate that an inspection is needed, the runway will get routine periodic inspections. At a busy airport where I once worked there were only two inspections that were guaranteed - one before the day's flights started and one a short while before darkness fell. With continuous movements, getting a vehicle on to the runway was not easy!
This might sound surprising but debris or other problems were quickly reported by pilots using the runway, either because it was something odd that happened to the aircraft or because something was seen. Short of carrying out an inspection before/after every movement, it's probably not a bad system.