Cranfield to go digital/remote tower

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by T250

https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/ne...-control-tower

I guess the remote facility will still be on site, as the article suggests they want to harness the research/academic side to it

'Currently there are no operational digital control towers at UK airports'
True I suppose but how long before London City's comes on line? How long will the CAA insist on 'evaluating' them before they issue licences?

When Farnborough wanted to instal a TLS as a cheaper option to ILS, the CAA intitially said they would 'rubber stamp' it as it was approved for operations by the FAA in the US, but when it was being trialled, they suddenly decided they would need 'up to' 5 years to evaluate it as it was such a new concept. Might the same not apply to digital towers?

Who in their right minds is going to commit to all that expense then find the CAA won't approve it?