Chevvron, the "tales of fire service vehicles being led into oil drums" were true - I managed it one night! The sound in the background of drums being hit as the man in the cab was talking on the R/T was something else.
There were specific taxy routes for Tridents from the cul de sacs and as said they stopped at the stop bar at the exit to set the GRM so they knew where they were as they groped their way along the green taxiway lights (set at max brilliance) Also there were makings to indicate curves coming up.
It wasn't just that the aircraft that were CAT III, but the crew had to be current as well. With 3 crew it wasn't unusual for them to hold in order for P2 & P3 to swap seats so they were legal.
I remember the day early on in LVP's when we had very low vis and ran a sweepstake to see what time the first a/c would land. Some hours later it was won. Only weeks later, we heard the pilot was being investigated for landing below limits and asking for our help! Problem was "finger trouble" when he was recorded as landing on the other Runway in the log.
We could prove he was OK as we all remembered the amount of money the lucky sod won!
Last edited by windowjob; 12th Apr 2013 at 22:10.