Originally Posted by
Sepp
I'd be interested to know how controllers in a digital tower such as that about to grace LCY would be able to give light signals in similar circumstances (I'm thinking of loss of comms, rather than occupied runway). Chap/chapess in a little chequered box by the rwy, perhaps? That's progress!
Having worked at very busy military units where 'Land - 3 on clearing' was not uncommon, we would have said 'runway controller' just off the threshold in a glass topped chequered box - aka the 'caravan'. The runway controller would fire a red flare that tended to get the pilot's attention in cases where a go around was required. Perhaps the remote towers should invest in a pyrotechnics box by the PAPIs for each runway.