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Old 11th Mar 2010, 08:47
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Dog One
 
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Why did Airservices put a portable radar in at Launceston after the near miss between the Virgin 737 and Tobago in E outside of radar. Why is it still there? The education process must be complete, you understand how it works, and by the sounds of it, you would be happy operating high capacity RPT aircraft in this environment.

In the Broome case, the 30nm CTAF(R) is replaced by a 8nm radius CTR, with the tower controller handling both the CTR and surrounding E airspace. If that is the US way of doing things, let them do it, and let us design the airspace in accordance with ICAO, providing a mantle of safety to Australian fare paying passengers. History shows that the US way has dented lots of metal and killed many passengers.
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