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Gold Coast finally gets an ILS
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http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/...4d125e60c8fce7 About time, although one wonders if the cost is worth it given the increasing use of RNAV. |
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The problem is though, at the moment RNP is only available to those operators who can afford to get all the necessary approvals and equipment and the access to the approaches.
It'll be a few years yet before RNP approaches become the norm. Well done Gold Coast airport. And finally some sanity from the Federal Government. Mick |
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It's the norm for JQ & VA now, as well as QF, which of course is the majority of traffic into OOL, diversions into BNE have reduced significantly in the last 12 months as a result. Don't get me wrong, always happy to see safety enhanced where possible, just wish it was not so late in coming. GLadstone had an ILS very shortly after JET ops started thanks to the mining industry, politicians are always so slow to make a decision, even when lives are at stake.
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With the ILS being a straight in approach to runway 14, aircraft noise will be experienced by suburbs that have never experienced it before. It will be interesting to see how the noise issue is handled and whether straight in approaches are only used when the ILS is required.
I have always enjoyed watching the jets come around to join final approach over water only a mile or so from the shore when we have stayed at Surfers Paradise on holiday and the weather has been IMC. I presume that the new ILS approaches will be well inland abeam Surfers. |
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Actually VA argued it DOES need the ILS as not all of its fleet are RNP-equipped and RNP-crewed. The overseas carriers also argued for the ILS.
I'd be curious to know, Mick, where you perceive there has been a lack of sanity from the govt? Not saying I disagree with you necessarily, just curious... ILS, in and of itself, does not improve safety - rather it provides a mechanism to allow for approaches to be conducted in a greater range of conditions. Like any system, it is only as good or as safe as the person operating it. If that person is inclined to bust minima or behave in a cowboy-ish fashion, he or she will do so irrespective of whether they are flying a visual, RNP, GPS, NDB or ILS Cat III approach. |
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Hi James
You will still enjoy watching us shoot curved approaches overwater from Surfers even when the weather is IMC. I haven't met another airline pilot that will want to fly another 8 minutes to track up to Southport and turn around to fly the ILS unless it is operationally required..ie below the RNP minima. If any of you could be bothered, take a look at the nonsense on the FB page 'Stop The ILS'. These folk can not be reasoned with. |
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I agree that ILS is all about safety, had to laugh at Mr Ciobo, local MP, echoing the ILS is not about safety comment and then saying its a safe airport, given the two investigations into below minima ops by an international airline doing a non precision approach to that very locale.
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