Hi guys
Having a discussion at work (regional airport APP/RAD unit) with my radar u/t, other ATCO &ATC Sup/Training Officer about the use by Centre of 'Released on Contact' for a non-standard inbound. I said that this wasn't allowed (remember it being banned way back in my ATCO career), nobody else had heard this and I couldn't find anything in the books to back it up. My justification was the aircraft that was coordinated by center and ROC, then calls you on box two for alternate runway or something similar, you have it identified and descend/vector it while it's still being controlled by the centre.
Discuss !
