What is Civil Air doing?
I was recently speaking to a retired air traffic controller who couldn’t believe that Civil Air is silent on this issue. Why aren’t they standing up for air traffic controllers? Why would they support circuit calls at small country strips on air traffic control frequencies? It is clearly taking away from the whole professionalism of the air traffic control group.
It is clear that nowhere else in the world would VFR aircraft not only be encouraged, but mandated, to give circuit calls on air traffic control separation frequencies.
Is Civil Air completely silent on this issue because they have done some type of deal with CASA? Or have they put in a submission but are going to keep it secret due to some type of arrangement?
While a very small number of people within CASA want this mandate (i.e. that aircraft at small non-marked airstrips give calls on air traffic control separation frequencies) it is obvious that it is against the interests of air traffic controllers.
This is a rumour network. Surely someone must know why Civil Air is doing nothing on this – if that is the position.