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AFAP Pilot survey on ATC delays cont/-

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AFAP - Australian Federation of Air Pilots is feeling frustrated.
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A survey of AFAP members has found almost one-third of pilots experienced delays multiple times per month, 72% reported an efficiency of flight issue due to contingency measures like TIBA, which most #pilots see as unsafe and inefficient, and 15% reported traffic proximity or separation issues within the last six months.

“We’ve had extensive responses from all our members around Australia that they are experiencing unforecast holding due to lack of available air traffic control staffing numbers. They’re experiencing TIBA airspace at short notice, and that’s possibly meaning flights can’t depart — and if they can depart, they’ve got quite large diversion routes required to go around that airspace,” said AFAP President Captain Louise Pole.

“The vast majority of pilots have now experienced #TIBA, where up until about nine months ago, most pilots didn’t even remember what the acronym meant, because it was so infrequently used.”

According to Captain Pole, the issue is getting “worse and worse” despite Airservices Australia’s insistence that it has enough #ATC staff to cover requirements.

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Qantas has said staff shortages at air traffic control provider Airservices had a “significant impact” on its reliability last month, after almost 30 per cent of its flights were delayed.

The intervention comes amid a row over whether or not Airservices has enough employees following hundreds of occasions over the last year where it has effectively shut down a significant portion of airspace.

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