Originally Posted by
GhostofGoose
DukeBen, the last 3 or 4 times it's happened to me, it's been runway 34 departures 27 arrivals or 34 all ops at 5:15-5:30am changed to 27 for all departures by the time we get our clearance for the 6am departure..
If you could spread the word around that if it's possible to put something out on the atis at around 5:15 if you know you're going to change the runway it would be much appreciated. As someone said, sitting in the jump would be a great way to see the small things that make our life frustrating.. perhaps this forum is the next best thing. Cheers mate.
Totally understand and agree that having it on the ATIS at 5.15am would make it so much easier. Unfortunately we have to wait for the go ahead from the Works Safety Officer that the taxiway and/or runway is returned to service (they don't know that until the works vehicles have vacated and it has been inspected - sometime between 5.30am and 6.00am). We can't really pre-empt this either as it can result in go-arounds for arrivals if we commit them to a runway that ends up not being returned to service in time.