YMML Control deac

[blueloo]

Just curious - is this normal, especially for one of Aust's main airports:


ATIS ATIS YMML Z 231422
AERODROME CONTROL SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.
THIS AERODROME IS CURRENTLY UNCONTROLLED. MANDATORY
BROADCAST PROCEDURES APPLY. CONTROL SERVICES
INCLUDING
ADC ON 120.5, SMC ON 121.7, AND ACD ON 127.2 WILL BE
AVAILABLE FROM

[le Pingouin]

No, it's not normal - presumably a staff shortage. Normal services have resumed:

ATIS ATIS YMML N 231449
APCH: EXPECT INSTRUMENT APPROACH
RWY: 16 FOR ARRS. RWY 27 FOR DEPS
WIND: VRB 3 KTS.MAX DW 3 KTS ALL RWYS
VIS: GREATER THAN 10 KM
CLD: FEW015, BKN022
TMP: 9
+ QNH: 1031

[peuce]

Doesn't auger well for staffing Broome and Karattha Towers

[campdoag]

Fire evac

Not a staffing issue........

Fire alarm triggered an evacuation of the tower a bit after midnight

[le Pingouin]

Oooh, err that'll do it if nothing else will in getting a tower cab vacated in a hurry!

"We've got a fire alarm, nothing on frequency, bye!"

[peuce]

What ever happened to going down with the ship you guys?

[Capt Fathom]

What ever happened to going down with the ship you guys?

No job pays that amount of money.....

[Capn Bloggs]

MANDATORY
BROADCAST PROCEDURES APPLY.

I wonder what they are. "CTAF procedures apply" would have been more appropriate. AsA should have created a remote AFIS from Karratha.

[Freedom7]

Quote:
What ever happened to going down with the ship you guys?

No job pays that amount of money.....

That only happens here

http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting...ml#post5823433

Thankyou to Capn Bloggs

[capt787]

it's not a ship. it's a radio base

[Old Akro]

So does the fire alarm trigger a jump down the slides? Do I have right that there are slides, or is that Sydney?

[The The]

Hhhhmmmm, I wonder what this butoon does?.......oooppppssss!

[Stationair8]

When you have to go, you have to go.

[man on the ground]

So does the fire alarm trigger a jump down the slides? Do I have right that there are slides, or is that Sydney?

there are slides!

Just a sign above the door that says "Welcome to the Hotel California"