Originally Posted by
qwerty2
Sorry Call100 you're behind the times
Flexible runway inspections are things of the past at some airfields like MAN.
Health and Safety and the Concorde accident changed the thinking!
Anyway I hope the new procedures get reviewed and if this incident brings about a review then most ATCOs would welcome it.
Like the Emirates pilot ATCOs at MAN and NPC despair at the new regime as it causes a backlog in traffic that affects the Area Controllers as well.
Not behind the times actually
...I work with a runway inspection regime second to none.....Another post clearly indicates that MAN Ops contact the ATC watch manager prior to the inspection to enquire about convenient times.....
http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...ml#post5697440
Therefore showing flexibility exists at MAN as at other airports.
We do 10 to 12 routine inspections per day on top of all the other inspections, Bird strike, surface change etc. I'm sure the flexibility is appreciated by both sides.
If you listen to the tape again there is nothing on approach and nothing behind him. The Emirates could have gone and the inspection done without disruption to anyone.
I'm sure it's been sorted at MAN now and everyone is happy and singing from the same hymn sheet..