short gravel runways with
Cold War era infrastruc-
ture and limited budgets
for expansion or modern-
ization. Because of that “we
regularly face challenges and opera-
tional issues that are not faced by traditional
southern airlines,” he says.
Because of this WASCO focuses on operational
issues that Speer sees regularly, such as limited
fuel access, gravel runway conditions, limited
weather information, antiquated navigational
aids, and limited lighting systems. In fact, in
order to identify how prevalent these issues
are from airport to airport, WASCO wants all
hazards reported, even those that often go un-
reported, to provide a better picture of opera-
tional impacts. This requires a sophisticated
communication process through WASCO to
atic way to
ems then pool
them, whereas
rports would be
isolation.”
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Speer
ent, Flight
ith First Air
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