Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:30 pm
#1566993
I wrote the Info Note IN-2014/143 that signalled the introduction of PCL to UK CAA Licensed Aerodromes. It was with the background of the GA Unit's Red Tape Challenge etc and was at the time wholeheartedly welcomed by industry.
Then accountable managers started to think through the mechanisms of how the process would work. Technology isn't a problem, though anyone thinking VHF and clicks hadn't kept up with GSM functionality.
Problem for airport managers was how to sleep soundly worrying about what they might find opening up in the morning? There was a case years ago of a chap crashing his plane on take off at a disused RAF aerodrome and lying trapped in the wreckage until a passing motorist spotted the remains.
The lack of take-up came as no surprise to me. Furthermore, with LED battery powered lights they draw such little charge you might as well turn them on for the whole night.
Then accountable managers started to think through the mechanisms of how the process would work. Technology isn't a problem, though anyone thinking VHF and clicks hadn't kept up with GSM functionality.
Problem for airport managers was how to sleep soundly worrying about what they might find opening up in the morning? There was a case years ago of a chap crashing his plane on take off at a disused RAF aerodrome and lying trapped in the wreckage until a passing motorist spotted the remains.
The lack of take-up came as no surprise to me. Furthermore, with LED battery powered lights they draw such little charge you might as well turn them on for the whole night.