WTF Over, cadors galore

[rigpiggy]

Reading through the cadors most Cars stations in the arctic keep getting notam'd due to missing reports, is this a Labour action or just that Navcanada can't keep the computer link running. Are the operator's there, or a technology snafu?

[pelmet]

Reading through the cadors most Cars stations in the arctic keep getting notam'd due to missing reports, is this a Labour action or just that Navcanada can't keep the computer link running. Are the operator's there, or a technology snafu?

Maybe they just don't show up to work on occasion because it is hunting season or some other reason(or so I have heard).

Remember departing once with no weather as no one bothered to show up and the company agent couldn't be contacted. Turned out it was 1/4 mile in fog as we neared. Cost the company a 2.5 hour diversion.

[rigpiggy]

That is what I would normally expect, however it isn't one or two it is almost all of them

[ZBBYLW]

If it is almost all the stations perhaps there is more to the story.

It reminds me of going up to one such remote location on a weekly basis. The weather was usually always crap there (in fact in my time there I never was able to not shoot the approach). When we were first in radio range we would contact the CARS station and get a report, usually 1000 feet 3 miles. Usually if it was below minimums (or well below) before starting down we would go to the alternate and get fuel right away. Then at TOD get back to them, it was usually down to 700/2 by that point. Still above the minimums. About 10 mins out get back to them and the weather usually goes down to about minimums. While FAF inbound (one of the few arctic airpots south of 60) we would get the "VV003/ 1 miles viz" report. We would get in about 1/2 the time, the other half we would divert for an hour ish to our alternate. I was never sure if it was just my personal very bad luck, but the CARS "controller" was always fairly excited that his family member or friend made it in.

[C-FABH]

If it is almost all the stations perhaps there is more to the story.

It reminds me of going up to one such remote location on a weekly basis. The weather was usually always crap there (in fact in my time there I never was able to not shoot the approach). When we were first in radio range we would contact the CARS station and get a report, usually 1000 feet 3 miles. Usually if it was below minimums (or well below) before starting down we would go to the alternate and get fuel right away. Then at TOD get back to them, it was usually down to 700/2 by that point. Still above the minimums. About 10 mins out get back to them and the weather usually goes down to about minimums. While FAF inbound (one of the few arctic airpots south of 60) we would get the "VV003/ 1 miles viz" report. We would get in about 1/2 the time, the other half we would divert for an hour ish to our alternate. I was never sure if it was just my personal very bad luck, but the CARS "controller" was always fairly excited that his family member or friend made it in.

Exactly. Or if their repack is on board.