Originally Posted by Sled Driver
Can you explain then why last week we had a PTL of 1400 when the original eta was 1315. Wx CAVOK and minimal traffic and both runways in use? Was it just a typo? We 'cheated' and departed accordingly to meet 'our' schedule and got direct tracking.
Assuming you're talking about Perth, cheating (in this case) isn't required. PTL compliance is not required outside the Traffic Holding times.
To me the issuing of the PTL makes no sense because no-one adheres to them. Not ATC and not the pilots.
How is ATC supposed to "adhere to them"? As mentioned above, with the advent of Metron, early aircraft
will be held if they get in the way of a compliant aircraft, and so they should.