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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Jan 2020, 20:50
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Unlikely, as departing aircraft would have to...

Unlikely, as departing aircraft would have to cross the arrival runway twice for each departure. This would delay departures and increase taxiway congestion.

With around 90% of departing aircraft...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Mar 2019, 11:48
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Airservices has previously approached airlines &...

Airservices has previously approached airlines & CASA to suggest increasing the tailwind limit to 10 kts dry for runway nomination, but has been knocked back. Pressure from pilots through official...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Jul 2017, 06:57
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

It depends how tight the sequence is I suppose....

It depends how tight the sequence is I suppose. Sometimes there may be a natural gap for the missed approach aircraft to slot straight back into with no effect on others but this wouldn't be the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Jul 2017, 06:24
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

There was no advice from the crew that they would...

There was no advice from the crew that they would need to roll through and no explanation as to why they did roll through to Charlie. We were fairly surprised given the wind conditions that it...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Jul 2017, 11:17
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

I can only speak for Melbourne but yes you are...

I can only speak for Melbourne but yes you are correct. The SMC has enough to do, as you can probably tell from the frequency congestion at times, without also having to search through a list for a...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jul 2017, 17:08
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

The controller ideally should have made clear who...

The controller ideally should have made clear who was giving way or who was first to the holding point before the situation reaches this stage. Very occasionally, if they've missed the conflict or...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jun 2017, 03:56
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

That would be an error and shouldn't be broadcast...

That would be an error and shouldn't be broadcast as with 90 degrees off runway direction, a 22kt avg would give at least a 22kt max crosswind and most likely more.

However it could conceivably...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2017, 21:42
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Having gone into detail explaining the impact of...

Having gone into detail explaining the impact of those taxiway works, I find out today that they're finished. Hopefully this means a lot less 6am runway changes!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2017, 13:12
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Totally understand and agree that having it on...

Totally understand and agree that having it on the ATIS at 5.15am would make it so much easier. Unfortunately we have to wait for the go ahead from the Works Safety Officer that the taxiway and/or...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2017, 12:22
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Alpha Works - I think it might be slab...

Alpha Works - I think it might be slab replacement but you'd have to contact Melbourne Airport to be sure.

Wind and Crosswind/Tailwind - Most of the confusion in this has stemmed from the ATIS...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2017, 09:27
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Ideally we could provide you with runway...

Ideally we could provide you with runway certainty as early as possible and we do endeavour to do this whenever we can.

In recent months there have been some complicating factors especially around...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th May 2017, 04:13
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

The Australian Manual of Air Traffic Services...

The Australian Manual of Air Traffic Services does not allow us to give conditional line up clearances when stop bars are in use, this includes not being allowed to give the conditional line up, and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th May 2017, 07:55
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

We do have auto-release and if the cloud base...

We do have auto-release and if the cloud base allows and there is no arrival in between departures, we can and do fire off departures on minimum separation (ie first aircraft is 1800 metres ahead and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th May 2017, 07:44
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

I can only speak for the tower. Rostered...

I can only speak for the tower.
Rostered Staffing for consoles at various times:

0600-0615 - 3 controllers.
0615-2100 - 4 controllers (plus 1 on a break)
2100-2130 - 3 controllers
2130-0600...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Jan 2017, 07:05
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

It has "concrete cancer" and I have heard that it...

It has "concrete cancer" and I have heard that it will be demolished but not sure when.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Dec 2016, 04:58
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

It is an interesting debate in that if the safest...

It is an interesting debate in that if the safest runway was used all the time, then during single runway operations due to too much tailwind on the other runways (max 5kts dry runway or 0 kts for...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Dec 2016, 07:12
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Directed frequency transfer to tower is mandated...

Directed frequency transfer to tower is mandated for international flights but not domestic. Only about 15% of flights at YMML are International so the other 85% decide for themselves when to contact...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Dec 2016, 08:05
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Reporting Ready Too Early AIP says -...

Reporting Ready Too Early

AIP says - Domestic aircraft should change to tower frequency
A) In the holding bay, or
B) Close to, or at, the holding point of the nominated runway, when ready for...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Dec 2016, 11:15
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

I agree that the Ground frequency becomes...

I agree that the Ground frequency becomes overloaded at times and it's hard to get a word in edgewise.

Having a 2nd Ground controller/frequency is an option, and I'm sure it will be brought in by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 21:21
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Underfire, 09/27 parallels will certain...

Underfire,

09/27 parallels will certain present some challenges. The biggest one in my opinion being how traffic from the Southern parallel interacts with YMEN traffic. Procedures will be...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 20:01
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

"The fact of the matter is, is that this...

"The fact of the matter is, is that this deterioration of traffic into Melbourne has really only been noticeable since early November. Likewise the use of single runways in CAVOK with light and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 11:55
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

The 150/14 wind may give an instantaneous...

The 150/14 wind may give an instantaneous tailwind of 5 kts, but in my experience, this wind is usually flicking between 120 and 180, giving tailwind even above 10 kts on Rwy 27 at times. The quoted...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 09:30
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Extended Holding - I'll leave this to an approach...

Extended Holding - I'll leave this to an approach or en route controller who will know much more about this than me.

Crosswind on ATIS - Our anemometer readouts give us an instant wind (eg...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 06:30
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Requirements vs Requests. For a Rwy 09...

Requirements vs Requests.

For a Rwy 09 requirement (i don't think I've ever seen one but it is possible) instead of a request, coordination still needs to be done between the same parties but it...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2016, 03:55
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

Rwy 09 Usage - If this runway is requested by an...

Rwy 09 Usage - If this runway is requested by an aircraft during another Runway mode (eg Rwy 16 only), this is the process that occurs. The ground controller who takes the request assesses their...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Dec 2016, 12:58
Replies: 527
Views: 244,912
Posted By DukeBen

WIND 150/10 - The wind quoted on the ATIS is an...

WIND 150/10 - The wind quoted on the ATIS is an average, if it was 150/10 and Rwy 16 only, quite often the wind may be flicking between 120 and 180 and 5 to 15 kts, worst case scenario, 120/15 and...
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