Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
As the saying goes, it seemed a good idea at the time.
eg Curved or offset approaches for environmental reasons.
When I did my NATS ATCO Staff Course back in '86, we were told 'no more ILS will be commisioned after 1992 and MLS only will be accepted after that'.
Someone lied, like they lied about 'no more LARS when Swanwick opens, it will have 10 FIR Radar positions'.