24 Times in a Row - Clearance Not Available.
Just had a look at my worksheets over the last 6 months.
24 times in a row. Airways clearance not available for YBLT to EN @A055. I have tried scheduling CPL navs away from peak periosds but to no avail. Nothing seems to work these days. I'm getting sick of putting up candidates for CPL tests with little or no CTA experiance because they cant get any time in CTA.
Just the other day, strong northely wind, ML was on Rwy34 only, CAVOK conditions, lunch time. Called for a clearance...all i got was a quick NOT AVAILABLE in a tone that basically said piss off. This, in Melbourne, a quiet little backwater in world aviation terms. Surely we can do better than this in 2012. Everywhere else in the world seems to manage traffic better than us.
The airlines aren't the only ones who have a job to do.