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Forum: ATC Issues
9th Jan 2018, 11:40
Replies: 118
Views: 118,330
Posted By qsyenroute

Funny old thing, when I joined IAL (now SERCO) in...

Funny old thing, when I joined IAL (now SERCO) in 1977 at the age of 24 and worked in the Middle East we enjoyed the same working conditions as you claim you have today in 2017-18;
o No pay...
Forum: ATC Issues
31st Jul 2014, 21:22
Replies: 245
Views: 104,337
Posted By qsyenroute

Well at least we know it will be a"safe and...

Well at least we know it will be a"safe and efficient" service. It must be true DFS said so several times in the press release.
I suppose the ATCOs will be on zero hours contracts like their...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Apr 2013, 13:41
Replies: 82
Views: 59,811
Posted By qsyenroute

"Hopefully Serco will improve your situations," ...

"Hopefully Serco will improve your situations,"

Yeah right.........and you live on what planet?
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Sep 2012, 14:50
Replies: 12
Views: 5,257
Posted By qsyenroute

Graham Altern

A few years ago he was in ATC Doha (ha). I bought him a new cushion in the suq so he could see out of the tower window
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Dec 2010, 12:52
Replies: 54
Views: 8,092
Posted By qsyenroute

I think "over and out" has just summed up why ant...

I think "over and out" has just summed up why ant suggestion of giving a radar service contract to NATS would not be in the best interests of EGTK
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Dec 2010, 12:38
Replies: 54
Views: 8,092
Posted By qsyenroute

"When I was trained as a controller I was told...

"When I was trained as a controller I was told that if I did not know the answer to a question I must know where to find the answer"

Heathrow Director, was it East the Beast who gave you this...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Oct 2010, 09:26
Replies: 195
Views: 97,558
Posted By qsyenroute

"Notwithstanding, of course, the stupid low first...

"Notwithstanding, of course, the stupid low first stop altitude in the first place. Another example of daft Indian ATC procedures"


Another example: Tripoli/Afriqiyah Airways, Airbus A330, fine...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Sep 2010, 14:26
Replies: 270
Views: 87,937
Posted By qsyenroute

I don't see any mention of possible implication...

I don't see any mention of possible implication of the control tower here.

ATC are required to have knowledge of aircraft performance. (And a reasonable degree of common sense). Consequently...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th May 2010, 09:33
Replies: 1,543
Views: 856,892
Posted By qsyenroute

Quote: "ATC services...poor, at best" Wrong....

Quote: "ATC services...poor, at best"

Wrong.

ATC Tripoli are highly professional, many of whom have been trained in UK.

As with the Polish presidential accident, there was a shameful lack...
Forum: ATC Issues
26th Mar 2009, 16:01
Replies: 19
Views: 8,509
Posted By qsyenroute

Grrr Steady on old boy, you havn't even got there yet...

Steady on old boy, you havn't even got there yet and you want to quit!
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Feb 2009, 15:37
Replies: 177
Views: 47,820
Posted By qsyenroute

Here is a memory: At which airfield in any...

Here is a memory:

At which airfield in any one day would you have heard the following callsigns?

Vickers One
Vickers Two
Vickers Three
Waterpark
Minair
Aztec
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Jul 2008, 08:21
Replies: 32
Views: 6,812
Posted By qsyenroute

The products you speak about are essentially...

The products you speak about are essentially different so opinions and reports of the Oz system versus the Irish system do stand a balanced comparison

The EUROCAT-E product was intended for use...
Forum: ATC Issues
21st Feb 2008, 14:48
Replies: 23
Views: 4,173
Posted By qsyenroute

and for the IAL in us... Doha (ha) London...

and for the IAL in us...

Doha (ha)
London (Dehli)
Amsterdam (East Ham)
Jeddah (Jeddah)
Khartoum (by the light of the moon)
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Feb 2008, 09:39
Replies: 23
Views: 4,173
Posted By qsyenroute

Some years ago I had the pleasure of working with...

Some years ago I had the pleasure of working with a particular controller who, whenever he issued an airways clearance, would refer to the destination by its subsidiary name, as a matter of...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2006, 10:25
Replies: 47
Views: 22,253
Posted By qsyenroute

From the control tower I have seen so many...

From the control tower I have seen so many scheduled arrivals make a 8alls up of a visual approach. e.g.

A 747 bouncing after touch-down after a staggeringly incompetent hand flown final approach...
Forum: ATC Issues
14th Sep 2006, 10:24
Replies: 62
Views: 32,627
Posted By qsyenroute

It’s no wonder the Gulf locations have such a...

It’s no wonder the Gulf locations have such a high turnover of ATC staff.

Reading all the threads it seems that most controllers in the ME spend their time whining about every issue. In the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2006, 09:25
Replies: 601
Views: 346,420
Posted By qsyenroute

ICAO Doc 4444 Air Traffic Management CHAPTER...

ICAO Doc 4444 Air Traffic Management

CHAPTER 7. PROCEDURES FOR AERODROME CONTROL SERVICE

7.1.1.2 Aerodrome controllers shall maintain a continuous watch on all flight operations on and in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2006, 08:37
Replies: 601
Views: 346,420
Posted By qsyenroute

Utilising data derived from mode-s extended...

Utilising data derived from mode-s extended squitter information, SMGCS could be parameterised to include within its safety logic a warning when an aircraft type (stored on its database) lines up on...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2006, 08:00
Replies: 601
Views: 346,420
Posted By qsyenroute

If blame is required to be stuck in the control...

If blame is required to be stuck in the control tower then look to the system:

1. SMCGS with an adequate warning system (its called software coded parameters) could have prevented this

2.As In...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jul 2006, 13:06
Replies: 133
Views: 65,256
Posted By qsyenroute

Other hazards during this approach and landing...

Other hazards during this approach and landing could have been the temporary displaced threshold, possibly without visual glideslope indicators, and a non precision approach in a low cloud base...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2006, 19:12
Replies: 68
Views: 10,510
Posted By qsyenroute

Its called L3..

Its called L3..
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2006, 10:46
Replies: 68
Views: 10,510
Posted By qsyenroute

Unhappy Here's another: Plessey Radar, (via Siemens) was...

Here's another: Plessey Radar, (via Siemens) was sold to Thales. Asset stripped. Result: no UK capability to produce large centre Air Traffic Management Systems. Five hundred employees in 1998 now...
Forum: ATC Issues
3rd Oct 2005, 13:07
Replies: 4
Views: 1,373
Posted By qsyenroute

"diluted" ?? Nice one classic flyer. Who...

"diluted" ??

Nice one classic flyer. Who needs equality when we have your balanced views.

If you had any connections with ATC you would know that controllers, particularly in the Arabian Gulf,...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2005, 09:06
Replies: 592
Views: 291,608
Posted By qsyenroute

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft's encounter with a...

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft's encounter with a downburst associated with a thunderstorm, the effects of which exceeded the performance capability of the aircraft. The encounter resulted from the...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2005, 14:52
Replies: 592
Views: 291,608
Posted By qsyenroute

but this seems like a massive 'press-on-itus' incident.

'Press-on-itus' is an operating method practised by pilots for generations and well known to Air Traffic Controllers. A classic case of 'press-on-itus', very similar to this accident, occurred in...
Forum: Middle East
9th Dec 2004, 15:29
Replies: 16
Views: 2,947
Posted By qsyenroute

Libya ATC

Have recently returned from Libya. Spent 2 weeks training controllers on new ACC radar system. Tripoli controllers are highly competent, majority trained in UK (Bailbrook). They have been working a...
Forum: Middle East
8th Nov 2004, 17:51
Replies: 45
Views: 14,163
Posted By qsyenroute

And did you know that he’s not actually Qatari by birth???

Princess - I think he is the son of an Iranian slave. Many thousands were brought over from Iran in the early C20th.

He does speak Farsi

Could be why he has such a big chip on his shoulder..
Forum: Middle East
4th Nov 2004, 21:15
Replies: 45
Views: 14,163
Posted By qsyenroute

So refreshing to hear that some things never...

So refreshing to hear that some things never change.....Circa 1977, yours truly was a young ATCO with IAL in Doha-ha. I seem to recall then MR A was the owner of a Baby shop in the high street. He...
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