Port Hedland AFISO - Flight Service, the Next Generation!
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." Position Description Erm, I don't fancy going back there, but its a nice opportunity for somebody. Griffo p'raps??? |
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? :ok:
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And so the wheel turns, all right. Give it a few years and someone will suggest CTAFs.
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No No No No No No.......
Thanks - but NO thanks Mr Spod...!!!:=:= I've BEEN to dirty, dusty, PD.....:yuk: I do believe its gunna be FIFO ex Perth. And the $$'s seem 'reasonable'. Er...Traffic Was.... :O |
Port Hedland. One of those places where spending a night seems like a week.
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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 :}
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We are going back to the future.:D
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"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.... :ok: |
I keep hearing that Shirley Bassey song.....
Where will this end, Griffo?;) ....it is all just history repeating! |
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?:E
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It's a temporary measure until a TWR is built.
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Wot's wrong wif de 'present' twr building I wonder..??
Apart from being 'disused' for a number of years, that is.... |
Blue stuff from up the road at Wittenoom
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I wonder what the Airspace Classification it will be? Does Class G provide for an AFIS?
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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, :ok: |
I hope they get the lights working before then.:*
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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. |
Class G. Extensive ICAO document covers AFIS. UK CAA CAP on AFIS interesting read.
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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. |
An Ipad wont call you a local taxi or book you accomodation when you 20nm's inbound |
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