Port Hedland AFISO - Flight Service, the Next Generation!

[Spodman]

Airservices advertising for "Provision of in-situ Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) at PHIA [Port Hedland International Airport]

On site provision of AFIS includes directed traffic information within Aerodrome Flight Information Zone (AFIZ); Search & Rescue (SAR) alerting, local weather advice, and coordination with adjacent ATC units."

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Erm, I don't fancy going back there, but its a nice opportunity for somebody. Griffo p'raps???

[Delta_Foxtrot]

And so the wheel turns! I've been around long enough to remember the Flight Service Units and they were exactly that - excellent service 24/7. Most used on the ground for me was Wagga (those guys were whips on flight plans) as I transitted there often. And who could forget Roger Dubbo?

[Tinstaafl]

And so the wheel turns, all right. Give it a few years and someone will suggest CTAFs.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

No No No No No No.......

Thanks - but NO thanks Mr Spod...!!!

I've BEEN to dirty, dusty, PD.....

I do believe its gunna be FIFO ex Perth.
And the $$'s seem 'reasonable'.

Er...Traffic Was....

[YPJT]

Port Hedland. One of those places where spending a night seems like a week.

[le Pingouin]

I note there is no requirement to have actually held a licence so I guess it might attract someone who failed to gain a rating recently. There can't be too many ex-FSOs under 50 who have had regional experience and would it be an inviting ATC retirement top up? Depends how the divorce went I guess

[SOPS]

We are going back to the future.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

"Hold, or have held, Australian Flight Service Officer (FSO) licence/ Certificate of Competency
Hold, or have held, Australian Air Traffic Control (ATC) licence"

'Fraid so Mr Penguin....

[OZBUSDRIVER]

I keep hearing that Shirley Bassey song.....

Where will this end, Griffo?

....it is all just history repeating!

[OZBUSDRIVER]

I just hope the old politics stays out of this and lets us all see how this develops. DTI from a FSU? whodathunkit? Wonder where the feed will come from?

[Jack Ranga]

It's a temporary measure until a TWR is built.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Wot's wrong wif de 'present' twr building I wonder..??

Apart from being 'disused' for a number of years, that is....

[Robbovic]

Blue stuff from up the road at Wittenoom

[peuce]

I wonder what the Airspace Classification it will be? Does Class G provide for an AFIS?

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Hi Oz,

Yep! As JR says, its tempo and location specific until they get ATC up there - again.
As for DTI for the rest of OZ....too far gone now, IMHO.
All FS frequencies / outlets were either swapped over to ATC freqs, or dismantled. Hence we had a 'few' Flightwatch VHF's around the place, 3 in WA at one time - these were the ones superfluous to ATC req's.
Now they have g o r n e as well.

Keep safe,

[Towering Q]

I hope they get the lights working before then.

[Propstop]

I hope they get the lights working before then.

I was told they were hit by lightning and will take a while to be fixed.

[Jack Ranga]

Class G. Extensive ICAO document covers AFIS. UK CAA CAP on AFIS interesting read.

[le Pingouin]

Griffo, that's not how I read the document Spod linked to: "Completed FSO/ ATC training as per Airservices Learning Academy curriculum and associated lesson plans"


I interpret that as having passed the course, but not necessarily rated. Clearly I don't speak bureaucratese.

[Towering Q]

An Ipad wont call you a local taxi or book you accomodation when you 20nm's inbound

You obviously haven't discovered its full potential....