Sat May 16, 2020 7:36 pm
#1770140
chevvron wrote:That's my problem, I'm too honest
Give Dave an honest answer, then...!
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chevvron wrote:That's my problem, I'm too honest
JodelDavo wrote:AFISO is another of those typically British solutions to a non-problem...
FlarePath wrote:Mine is the same mantra "A/G or ATC" only.
I never did get a straight answer, did I?
Paul_Sengupta wrote:The CAA have deemed AFISOs to be pseudo controllers. We have established a pseudo control code:
Report lined up = line up and wait
Take off and your discretion = cleared for take off
Land at your discretion = cleared to land
etc.
Dominie wrote:I don't agree with the "report lined up" - that implies you will wait for an instruction.
MichaelP wrote:Straight answers are at the forumite’s discretion.
Dominie wrote:I don't agree with the "report lined up" - that implies you will wait for an instruction.
Dave W wrote:...I would be very concerned indeed if I thought AFISOs believed - between me entering the runway from the hold and lining up - that they could instruct aircraft and vehicles to use that same runway.
I would consider that a significant hazard introduced directly by the AFISO, who after all is supposedly there to mitigate against such hazards.