Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by bombcar on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:02AM
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Yeah, NOTAMs come into play when the shit hits the fan; radios are dead and you can't reach the tower kinda thing, but in that case just be sure you declared emergency, then they (probably) won't get you much for landing on a closed runway or a taxiway.
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Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by azherebtsov on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:47AM
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It works in both directions. If someone hits a crane in the fog they will present a NOTAM and you cannot argue that you have not been warned.
Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:41PM
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What if the tower’s radio goes down?
Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by t0mas88 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:50PM
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They have backup transmitters and if everything fails (tower evacuation has happened) you talk to the overlying approach / tracon / center frequencies to check. And then after that, land anyway and self announce positions for other traffic.
It's basically the same as landing at an airport that doesn't have a tower. Happens every day at hundreds of airports.