Coffs Twr cutbacks
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Once the pilot declares “Jumpers Away” the airspace is “occupied” for 8 minutes or until the pilot confirms the aircraft and chutes are below 4,500’. A tower controller could visually separate a departure off RWY21 tracking south, the surveillance controllers can’t.
Meanwhile in Cairns...no staff...tower closed! Again..
Come now: Tower hours and manning are determined on the basis of objective risk and the cost of mitigating those risks. It has nothing to do with Airservices’ internal HR and personnel management problems. Absolutely nothing.
Bankstown have been closing early recently, and it appears Sydney Tower will be unmanned at some point during tonights curfew.
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Bankstown also running without the third controller to control the circuit traffic - 132.8 is getting pretty crazy with a few inbound and a handful in the circuit.