Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Airways Corp
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Require that proposed new procedures, or changes to procedures, be reviewed and incorporated in the Manual of Air Traffic Services prior to implementation.
Reply Text
This recommendation, while useful as a general principle, could not be implemented without actually compromising safety. New or temporary procedures often need to be introduced urgently by way of temporary local unit orders or by MATS signal amendments, initiated by the Chief Air Traffic Services. The MATS amendment cycle is too cumbersome to accommodate the urgency often associated with those measures. Where applicable, however, amendments will always be incorporated in the next Manual revision cycle.
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