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To be more in line with the rest of the world, the CAA has dropped Operational Control - the initiation, continuation, diversion or termination of a flight is now the province of the pilot in command
Vale: CAA Operational Control
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Vale: Caa Operational Control
On the 10th January 1991 the Civil Aviation Authority returned Operational Control of all flights to the pilot in command. Like the T-VASI and the Australian DME, another uniquely Australian way of trying to ensure safe flight will end. – What was CAA Operational Control? What did it do?
“The exercise of authority over the Initiation, Continuation, Diversion or Termination of Flight. ” That is the definition of Operational Control.
Twice during the last northern winter reports from Europe have mentioned near ‘gridlock’ conditions existing as airports closed due to poor weather conditions. Controllers and terminal airspace were getting near to saturation point. Nothing could land. Aircraft were diverting at random, in one case to a fog bound airport where the ILS system was NOTAM’d off the air.
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