Originally Posted by
Richard Taylor
Not being Dundonian, I was trying to visualize what objects there could be on the 27 approach.
The bridges are the logical guess but are they actually on the approach and high enough to negatively impact? The port sees oil rig activity but again cannot think that could be high enough to come into play.
Is the Dundee Law a factor? Not that far from the airport, but doesn't appear to impact the approach path.
Unless it's the fitba pitches under the approach at about 0.5m from touchdown?
Oil rigs and floating cranes would cause more than a little difficulty with an ILS signal.
TangoAlphad has been spot on with his description of the situation. As he says the Dundee GNSS approach has been sitting on a desk with the CAA for some time and will go a long way to help FlyBe come to terms with their operating limitations once introduced.
Passenger numbers have never been an issue on this route. However the overall efficiency may not be the best due to the hold ups at Amsterdam and the scenic tour of Fife and Angus the crews must perform when planning a circle to land on RWY27. A two hour sector time says it all.
Either way that was not the problem. Inflexible SOP's resulting in an unnecessary amount of time flying round in circles in class G airspace with the resultant RA's and an unconnected airprox. Yes, these issues should have been identified before the route started.
To answer an earlier question FlyBe Q400s can accept a 15 kt tailwind component at Dundee.