2 flights all summer have diverted to Brisbane....I'll repeat the number again. ..2.
The financial cost and safety costs to the Airlines and ultimately the travelling public of not having a precision approach aid warrants the installation of an ILS.
Along with your two repeat two flights ;
How many flights have carried significantly more fuel than they should have to out last significant weather conditions?
How many flights have carried out more than one non precision approach to become visual some at night with the tower closed.
How many flights have been cancelled due to the weather forecast/actual conditions not being suitable for a non precision approach.
How many flights have had to use Brisbane alternates further up or down the coast because OOL lacks a precision approach aid?
Someone 'close on the project' should talk to some pilots, some flight planning officers and some Airline executives to see if those "two repeat two" diversions stack up against the safe, efficient, and financially viable expectations that we all have for OOL.
Last edited by ad-astra; 13th Feb 2014 at 19:37.