hi,
have to agree that the situation in LSZH is not really good, but it's not (only?) fault of the atc. in fact, the restrictions from germany cause a lot of delay. it's ridiculous to force the big planes on rwy 28, when you have longer ones with ils available. bus as often, politics goes into airport operations, and politicians usually don't knnw much about how to fly from a to b.
unique has made a nice suggestion in case of wet rwy28, but no allowance to use rwy14 due wx mnm. they now propose to make a VOR/DME on 28, and then a VISUAL CIRCLING to 14 or 32. does anyone remember, when on 28aug1998 the cargolux B747 almost smacked into the ground when trying exactly to do this (there was a big party at the airport; they used 28 for landing, 32 for departures and 16 was closed due aircraft exhibition. so, acft requiring a loger runway hat to do the vor28 and "swing" to 32. that was when the 747 misjudged the approach)
what's next? waiting for the good next idea from this madhouse.
everyone knows how to solve the problem from ATC point of view: ILS 32 for arr, dep on 34. so, no crossing of active runways for acft departing or arriving, precision approaches, no overflight of germany and easy and efficient ATC.
but try to sell this solution to the people living under the approach of the new ILS 32
and for swiss/atc: as swiss has cancelled the ID50/90 for atc, there is no premium treatment for them, believe me....
cheers,
al