Notim. As explained elsewhere I built the original AFRU and put it in at Bundaberg and received great resistance from pilots who claimed it was not necessary. Good to see you accept at least one change I promote.
Certainly not necessary in other countries as they all have unicom operators at non tower airports with airline traffic. And the AFRU won't tell you if your radio is working correctly- just if there is a carrier wave present.
How does the AFRU inform you that an airline aircraft has just entered and backtracking down the runway without giving any CTAF calls? ( as Qantas did at Ayers Rock)
How does an AWIS tell you that there is a local rainshower on the runway threshold?
I like the idea of a real person at the airport like the USA and Canada. Then again we did not do it in the past when we were trained - lets get The AFIS back.
Last edited by Dick Smith; 7th Apr 2016 at 07:01.