Originally Posted by
kcockayne
But, the whole point of the saying is, that it cannot be achieved ! However, in the ATC environment, that is what you are seeking to achieve.......it can't be done.
And yet standards change. That's why we see enhanced TBS about to start at LHR.
Who'd have considered that possible a decade ago?
Zooker will no doubt bring me up on this, but by "challenging" previous assumptions, in this case wake turbulence, and proving that it can still be done safely, then efficiencies can be made.
Look at RECAT-EU...new studies, new technology, new efficiencies.
How many quarts did we fit in a pint pot 20/30 years ago? How many do we fit in that pint pot now? (If you need me to spell it out for you it is more!)
Whatever you think about 'the job' (in whatever business) - what it's about/what it should be about/etc, etc - these things change as technology evolves and parameters change.
Romanticising about the past is lovely but it's not reality...