They have a few more approaches now based on the same selection of aids but the minima is still very high~ 2000ft cmv 5000m. A light aircraft departed off 17 recently with a very low climb rate and the female controller told him to proceed to the west side of the island to allow a commercial departure.There was no way he was going to clear the terrain unless he proceeded much further south to the less lumpy bits but the atco had no idea about the performance capabilities of the light single and was getting quite cross with the pilot. in the mean time all departures were halted.
All of the new procedures just complicate matters and I do not think that the local atcos are capable of using them..
Last edited by tubby linton; 19th Jul 2011 at 16:59.