PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - ATSU's and NOTAM
View Single Post
Old 5th November 2002 | 08:05
  #38 (permalink)  
bookworm
 
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,648
Likes: 2
From: UK
Exclamation

If it is one of many that can accept a B767 (for example) then it is an operational matter, and not safety critical - therefore NOTAM isn't the right way to distribute that info. (Just the easiest way)

It will take a lot of effort and discussion to stop the originators NOTAMing everything, but our point isn't that it's easy, but that it's prudent.
I think you misunderstand the role of the NOTAM system, rustle. Annex 15 and the AIS Manual say nothing about "safety critical", but rather talk specifically about "operationally significant".

NOTAMs are published when it is necessary to disseminate information of direct operational significance which
(a) is of an ephemeral nature or (b) is appropriate to the AIP but needs immediate dissemination.
I salute your efforts to improve the situation for GA pre-flight briefngs, but fix the system where the system needs fixing -- at point of delivery. Great bark: wrong tree!
bookworm is offline