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Forum: Rumours & News
9th Dec 2023, 09:25
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Thanks for the kind words, But they know, at...

Thanks for the kind words,

But they know, at least the ones in the FAA I am talking to know. They are just caught in that vicious circle situation where they depend on congress for their funding ,...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Dec 2023, 08:01
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

And that is indeed the root of the problem :...

And that is indeed the root of the problem : Declared capacity. For economic reasons the acceptance rate into SFO has been increased to such an extend that to make it work you had to bend the normal...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Dec 2023, 14:37
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Are you sure this is back in ? it was the main...

Are you sure this is back in ? it was the main cause of a few collisions in the 1960s , including one above New York city. It was changed after that , i.e. pilots could not anymore deviate from ATC...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Dec 2023, 09:51
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Definitely the 2 best sentences I read after the...

Definitely the 2 best sentences I read after the first pages of this thread Everybody is now entrenched in his beliefs and does not listen to the other side. Sign of the times,

As to how safe...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Nov 2023, 16:27
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

As was already said it is not how a flight plan...

As was already said it is not how a flight plan works . Field 18 is not processed to ATC , The controller has no idea what is written tin here , he only has the ATC part of the flight plan and that...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2023, 08:14
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

LH SOPs

That would be a decision taken at Chief pilot level, but frankly I doubt it as this SOP is most likely based on previous safety issues, not necessarily from this airport. LH goes to quite some ...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Nov 2023, 09:08
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

PukinDo...

PukinDo (https://www.pprune.org/members/369933-pukindog)g
Yes that is what my (FRA) LH contacts on the 747s are saying too... and when they exceptionally came at night it has never been an issue...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Nov 2023, 09:17
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Excellent reminder safetypee . A similar sentence...

Excellent reminder safetypee . A similar sentence was also in Perrow's " normal accidents " book if I remember.
We have a saying in French (from Alphonse Allais) that can translate as when you...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2023, 20:34
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

First I must say ,spot on your replies, Would...

First I must say ,spot on your replies, Would love to have a couple of beers with you if our lives meet one day :ok: Quick comments on the above : The "lobby" was ICAO FANS II meetings...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2023, 18:59
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

No, the LH SOP is not against visual approaches...

No, the LH SOP is not against visual approaches is about maintaining visual separation , 2 different things. LH SOP said only in daylight, so Capt has no discretion here but to follow his SOP.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2023, 10:52
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Sounds like everyone is entrenched.in its own...

Sounds like everyone is entrenched.in its own beliefs and no-one is going to convince the other side. Signs of the times,
I normally here always try to defend ATC and give background on the why,...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Nov 2023, 11:25
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Can you do that in the US ? Just curious. In...

Can you do that in the US ? Just curious. In ICAO land , which is basically the rest of the world, only the PIC can cancel IFR , never the controller.

Just checked with a colleague flying for LH...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Nov 2023, 14:43
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

Whow ! And on which legal basis could they do...

Whow ! And on which legal basis could they do such thing ?
Is enforcing an IFR flight to perform visual apprach/separation at night an FAA mandatory published procedure ? or is it just another...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Nov 2023, 08:12
Replies: 445
Views: 129,276
Posted By ATC Watcher

FAA vs ICAO

Another typical example of why it was (still is imo) wrong to have 2 sets of rules when flying into the US .
ICAO main goal when created was to allow cross border seamless air traffic , with sets of...
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