Safety Recommendation
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that
Airservices Australia review air traffic controller initial and
periodic recurrent training programs to ensure they adequately
address the effect of convective weather on aircraft performance
and the limitations of airborne weather radar
The following response dated 29 January 2003 was received from
Airservices Australia:
Airservices Australia accepts this recommendation. A review of ATC
training material is to be undertaken by ATC Capability Branch
(ATCC) to determine the veracity of the current training programs
in regard to this recommendation.
The following response dated 13 April 2004 was received from
Airservices Australia:
A training package has been developed which is used in ab-initio
course and is also included as a topic available for refresher
training.
