At a time when air safety regulators say satellite-based technology is making Australia’s skies safer, Mr Smith says controllers at Hobart are still using a 1930s-style air traffic control system.
Well it's certainly not making the skies safer in Hobart if it can't be used.
The ADS-B system is meant to replace “ambiguous radio instructions with data-linked screen messages in cockpits” for all aircraft operating in Australia from today, according to acting CASA chief Shane Carmody.
Uhhmm...........what?? I'm not getting any of those 'data linked screen messages in cockpits.' I've got ADSB, ****, it's rooted already
He said ADS-B was being used at Hobart for “increased situational awareness and enhanced decision making in relation to separation of aircraft”
Australians doing awesome things with halfarsed equipment that is not good enough to separate with but is 'good enough' to provide 'increased situational awareness'
Standard Disclaimer: This is not directed at the ATC's using this equipment, it's directed at the sub-standard management that are responsible for installing garbage that cannot be used for what it was installed to be used for.
After Mr Smith raised the issues last year, ASA introduced rules to tighten control of air traffic into Hobart following concerns about the state’s radar system, known as TASWAM.
Australians doing what they do best, implementing new rules, awesome, if in doubt or you don't know how to fix something, introduce new rules
Major airlines flying into Hobart seem relaxed about safety and efficiency. A Qantas spokesman said: “We’re very comfortable with the air traffic control systems in place at Hobart, both from a safety and an efficiency point of view.”
You don't think you and your passengers deserve better in the 21st century
Maybe the
data-linked screen messages in cockpits
has fixed everything
