david,
Just to clarify (if I may) one thing:
1) Re-instate the manual A1/A8 bulletins temporarily, but immediately - re-hire the personnel if needed
These are still produced -- they are not published as a download from the web though.
I asked for these to be reinstated during my first meeting on September 20th.
Hope that answers your first point as well, bpilatus -- as for the other issues you have mentioned:
We obviously trust that the meeting on November 15th is not a "waste of time" as well!
It's probably worth mentioning that the guys at AIS have bent over backwards to assist and answer questions, but the real problems with NOTAM dissemination today is more to do with the technology...
Web sites falling over repeatedly is nothing to do with the team that put together PIBs or collate NOTAMs - it is totally the responsibility of NATS IS/IT and/or Thales. Let us hope they have someone at the meeting to address this issue.
Writing queries against a database is nowt to do with the team that put together PIBs or collate NOTAMs - it is totally the responsibility of NATS IS/IT and/or Thales. Let us hope they have someone at the meeting to address this issue.
Appallingly slow (web) response times have nothing to do with the team that put together PIBs or collate NOTAMs - it is totally the responsibility of NATS IS/IT and/or Thales. Let us hope they have someone at the meeting to address this issue.
Inability to delete old route briefings, change/update passwords or UK/Europe registration details (etc) have nothing to do with the team that put together PIBs or collate NOTAMs - it is totally the responsibility of NATS IS/IT and/or Thales. Let us hope they have someone at the meeting to address this issue.
Publication of raw data-downloads (including Q-Line info) and other information that would enable NotamPlot/Pro and their ilk to function have nothing to do with the team that put together PIBs or collate NOTAMs - it is totally the responsibility of NATS IS/IT and/or Thales. Let us hope they have someone at the meeting to address this issue.
I sense a pattern forming
Cannot comment about the regulator's role - guess we'll know after 15th November.
We have emailed Thales. They have (quite rightly) said that their relationship is with NATS not us (as users) so anything they need to do must come from an instruction from NATS.