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Old 22nd Jun 2011, 17:17
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Danscowpie
 
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Concur, however, the notam re the Fire Service is not good.

Cat 1 with Cat 2 available is the very basic cover and definately will impact upon the provision of most public transport category flights, i.e you'll only be seeing the smallest of such small aircraft (Citations, small Lears etc.) operating into Cov'.

Given that the notam is valid until 31 August, (rather ominous, as anyone in the airport industry knows that notams valid for 2 to 3 months often signify a long term problem rather than a we're going to fix this next week attitude) and the cause will be down one or all three of the following:

1) Lack of qualified staff and/or,
2) Lack of approved equipment, and/or
3) Lack of investment in the above by the owners.

Whatever it is, ithe owners of Coventry will have been aware that this was coming for some time now and they've got to pull their finger out, this sort of thing makes the Airport a laughing stock and sticks in the mind of potential commercial users. i.e If Coventry can't be bothered to ensure our safety, why should we give them our business?
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