What's happening at EGKK this summer?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: My views - Not my employer!
Posts: 1,032
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What's happening at EGKK this summer?
Our company has told us that we can expect to be trained on RNAV initial and final approach procedures because the LGW ILS will be frequently switched off this summer.
Question is, why is the ILS being turned off?
Question is, why is the ILS being turned off?
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkshire, UK
Age: 79
Posts: 8,268
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yonks ago at Heathrow there was an ATC Supervisor who was most keen for his controllers to practice their SRA skills. We, being lazy bu**ers were always "forgetting". He fixed this one morning as soon as we arrived on watch (7am) by ringing the tels department and had them turn off the ILS on both runways! We spent the rest of the morning doing SRAs in crappy weather!
I doubt that's the reason at Gatwick... but you never know!
I doubt that's the reason at Gatwick... but you never know!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
Age: 74
Posts: 1,684
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
SilentHandover
Don't be wound up by them! They're just jealous that they can't/didn't escape from Hounslow Municipal.
NATS mgmt. were also asked if we could work up the RNAV procedure for Northern Runway ops instead of the SRA, to improve the inbound flow rate. Appaerntly this could take some years. We've 120 nights of Northern Runway ops planned for sometime this summer, as well as the ILS replacement by day, so expect some really BAD weather!
Anybody know exactly where we are with the RNAV 'official' procedure for LGW?
Heathrow Director,
Some would say it all went downhill when Bunny Austin went. I couldn't possibly comment.
Cheers,
The Odd One
Don't be wound up by them! They're just jealous that they can't/didn't escape from Hounslow Municipal.
NATS mgmt. were also asked if we could work up the RNAV procedure for Northern Runway ops instead of the SRA, to improve the inbound flow rate. Appaerntly this could take some years. We've 120 nights of Northern Runway ops planned for sometime this summer, as well as the ILS replacement by day, so expect some really BAD weather!
Anybody know exactly where we are with the RNAV 'official' procedure for LGW?
Heathrow Director,
Some would say it all went downhill when Bunny Austin went. I couldn't possibly comment.
Cheers,
The Odd One
Join Date: May 2000
Location: EGTT/FAB/LGW/BOH/FAB/LGW
Posts: 458
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
A quote from HD on his/her last day at LL approach 21st Nov 2002.
Makes you wonder what's changed
I hope I stay as obsessed with my career 2 years after it has come to a finish.
I'll keep an eye on Pprune and maybe make the odd comment. However, I think it should primarily be for current operational staff.
I hope I stay as obsessed with my career 2 years after it has come to a finish.
