See ATSB occurrence investigation BO/200105777.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that the
Rottnest Island aerodrome operator and the Bureau of Meteorology
evaluate the feasibility of transmitting the one minute data from
the Rottnest Island AWS on a discrete VHF radio frequency.
The following response dated 9 July 2002 was received from the
Bureau of Meteorology:
I refer to the ATSB Aviation Occurrence Brief 200105777 and
enclosed Safety Recommendation R20020232 that states:
"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that the
Rottnest Island aerodrome operator and the Bureau of Meteorology
evaluate the feasibility of transmitting the one minute data from
the Rottnest Island AWS on a discrete VHF radio frequency."
On behalf of the Bureau of Meteorology I hereby advise that the
above recommendation is accepted and endorsed.
Please also note that I have attempted to contact the Rottnest
Island Authority to pursue this issue and advance the
recommendation on two occasions via e-mail but no response has been
received.
On 12 June 2003, ATSB requested additional information about the
status of its recommendation issued 12 March 2003 and forwarded the
following to the Rottnest Island Aerodrome operator: I refer to
your correspondence dated 27 February 2003, sent in response to the
Bureaus draft investigation report 200105777. The Bureau released
its final report on 12 March 2003, which included the
recommendation that the Rottnest Island aerodrome operator and the
Bureau of Meteorology evaluate the feasibility of transmitting the
one minute data from the Rottnest Island AWS on a discrete VHF
radio frequency. This safety recommendation was included in the
draft investigation report and your correspondence of 27 February
indicated that the Rottnest Island Authority (RIA) concurred with
the recommendation. The Bureau maintains information as to the
status of recommendations on its website. For the completeness of
this record could I please request a brief summary of any
evaluation performed by RIA together with brief details of any
implementation planned.
