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Greater use of runway 34 for landings over Botany Bay for all but the heaviest ofjets (OC-10, 747 etc) with these aircraft stopping well short of the 07125 intersection would greatly increase per hour movements capability in suitable weather allowing the use of the east/west runway for takeoffs.
Bigsworth Report a Ray of Hope for KSA
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Joint Caa/Atc Review Identifies Solutions to Crucial Ksa Capacity Problems
A joint CAA/ATC at the stroke of a report into pen. Unfortunately, problems of continued Sydney’sindifference Kingsford Smith by the Federal Airport finds Government that most ensures could that literally manybe of the most crucial recommendations will be ignored for purely short-term political gains.
The CAA will spend $400 million on modernisation of run-down facilities over the next three years much of it at Sydney. New technology would be used to consolidate staff from country centres into capital cities and some unions had already agreed to plans for different staff groups to be integrated. This could reduce operating costs by up to 10% by 1995, according to Collin Freeland of the CAA. “Aviation facilities and infrastructure will come under considerable pressure if aviation activity continues to increase at six percent per year,” he said. Although controllers deny the existence of an orchestrated campaign, their sickies level has leapt in the last few months, coincidental with their campaign for pay increases of up to 42% as part of an award restructuring package. Aircraft movements have frequently been disrupted and slowed as a result.
Sydney Airport’s theoretical maximum capacity is 48 aircraft movements per hour and although this is often exceeded, it cur- rently averages 36 per hour. CAA officials believe it could be safely operated at close to double this rate by more use of intersecting runways for simultaneous aircraft movements. They claim controllers are following the letter but not the spirit of their voluminous operating regulations to find reasons for keeping the movement rate low and the congestion rate high. With hindsight, it is clear that controller numbers and infrastructure at Sydney could have been better managed by an overly budget conscious department. But it is also clear that controllers are laying it on very thick with their claims about exhaustion and stress causing the growing sick leave. But the most absurd point about the congestion at Sydney is that it could be largely eliminated at a stroke of the pen by the Federal Government if it allowed controllers to use the most operationally efficient combination of runways.
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