Convenient Aviation Advice

📃🛫ATI TIME?🛬📃 Hey #ARO’s what better 🎄 Christmas present than to tag your fellow 👷🏽♀️ ARO’s and Accountable Manager 👨🏾💼 and let them know this exciting news! No matter when your next 🛩️ Aerodrome technical inspection is due 📆 why not get a quote and lock some dates in? Be one if the 🥇 first to experience the new product by Southpac Aerospace who built their brand on quality and customer service. Reap the benefits of some post report care and guidance.

😱🛩️MY TURN PAD!!🛩️😱 This happen to anyone else?? While 👨🏻✈️ #pilots 👩🏽✈️never intend to damage the #runway or #apron it happens. A slightly sharper turn than usual and rear mains🛞 (in this case) can scrub on the chip seal and damage the surface. As usual, we can only control our portion of the operation and we should focus on that. What can we do: 📝 Timely and accurate reporting. It’s not a blame game, but it tracks trends and keeps the issue front of mind. ➰ Ensure lead in / out lines are visible. If they can’t see the lines, how can they follow them? 📡 Remind pilots to make “MAX RAD” turns. A friendly reminder via radio or walk up the stairs and ask nicely if you have time. 〰️ Ensure you have some cold mix and a gympy hammer. Some areas can be rolled using a baggage tug too! If you can’t prevent it, be ready to fix it. 📕 Change notes in your manual from “turning node” to “turn pad”. They aren’t considered NODES anymore.

🧐📑EDUCATION📑🧐 While we learn new things every day and have a stockpile ✨ of valuable #aerodrome information floating around our 🧠 brains, a course like this can help to connect all of these dots 💠 and create an image of the operation and our responsibilities within it. This could open your mind to why 📚 #managers make decisions and give you a peak behind the curtain to their way of thinking and additional considerations. Continuing the self #education journey as an #ARO is vital to keeping engaged, and possibly taking the next step into a #management role👩🏽🎓 And of course….why not ask your company to pay for it😜

💨🚩🔅Aerodrome Spares💨🚩🔅 🌬️That dreaded moment you realise wind has torn your #windsock… or it’s gone. ⚡️Or when a row of lights are out from lighting. 💡Or your apron floodlights have died for no apparent reason. 📡 Or your best friend the #AFRU or AA isn’t responding to you. 🎤 Tell us what else you’ve found!! Happens to the best of us and in this case…PPPPPP (IYKYK) Means be prepared 🙏🏼 What we can do: 🚨 Ensure there are ample spares nearby. 📝 Use (or create first) a monthly spares checklist. 🐀Make sure your spares are in a safe place, not eaten by rodents or damaged by water. 🔌 Be familiar with electricians and other trades who can help you. 📸 Its what AI wishes our #Aerodrome spares looked like💻

🛫🛩️ACTIVE RUNWAYS🛩️🛫 🤯You don’t want to see this over your head! Many aerodromes around Australia have such infrequent and ADHOC services that communications for maintenance personnel or inspections become complacent. Famous last words: “We don’t have any flights today…..” Despite what your schedule says, there are usually more aircraft around your Aerodrome that may require your runway. So, we focus on what we CAN do: 📢 Make RWY entry broadcast on your CTAF 📻 Monitor CTAF for inbound calls 🚜 Induct maintenance teams 🔊 Have extra radios available ⬛️ Always assume someone is listening As always, add your hints and tips or even a story of an adhoc arrival 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Not sure how this NOTAM would read 🤣 “Increased gator activity on the APN”

The Bureau of Meteorology do have some great explanatory information that can help decipher the shorthand you find in most reports. A great source of knowledge and one of our browser shortcuts!

📡🌦️WEATHER REPORTS🌦️📡 It’s been argued around various #aerodromes exactly what #weather information can be provided to 👩✈️ pilots. From our understanding, the #pilot of an #aircraft cannot use weather data for the purpose of #flight planning, unless it has been authorised by the Director of the Bureau of Meteorology. So…. This means us #ARO’s can say whatever we want, but the crew can’t use it for flight planning.?? Maybe? Either way, we don’t want an incident or our voices being played in court on a CVR☠️. We’ve even heard #flight operations teams argue that providing wind direction to the pilot on decent into our ports isn’t considered flight planning. ✅What we can #report: 🔊 Report on wetness of the #runway (GRF) 🔊 Report on what you can see. 🔊 Ensure all weather facilities are operational. 🔊 Read directly from an authorized source. 🔊 Daily check of your AWIB, AWIS and NAIPS. ❌What we shouldn’t report: 🔊 Estimated cloud heights. 🔊 Which runway the wind is favoring. 🔊 From an unapproved weather station. For advise on weather facilities, we’ve always had great experiences with Vaisala. For advise on what you should and shouldn’t report to a pilot…. Civil Aviation Safety Authority

That’s just unbelievable 🤯🤯 Imagine how many workers, rollers, planes and vehicles have passed over that spot and only just now it goes off. Stay safe out there ARO’s 🙏🏼

How awesome🙏🏼