🚀 go-pugleaf

ammundsen@fogwhistle.ca (Ron Ammundsen) writes:

>I posted the original message, which is still accurate -- nothing has
>been reinstated as of yet.

>It is possible that I am biased.  I am a lightkeeper, trained and
>certified to provide aviation weather information.  I am still under
>strict orders from Coast Guard mangement not to provide any aviation
>information to anyone -- not even to Coast Guard pilots who request it
>directly.

Then that is unfortunate, and I apologize.  I was under the impression
that Nav Canada had done what they said they were going to do.

Maybe a call to the CBC is in order?  Point out that what Nav Canada
said to the whole country on the CBC (I heard it) has not, in fact,
resulted in any change.

>Was this part of a plot to destaff lightstations?  We may never know. 
>We do know that NavCanada did not consult with the pilots, the
>lightkeepers, its own FSS staff, or the front line weather people at
>AES before discontinuing the lighthouse aviation weather reports.  We
>do know that NavCanada did not effectively distribute the original
>announcement about the service being terminated on Dec. 14 -- some
>users were caught by surprise when the lighthouse reports were no
>longer available.  We know that NavCanada chose the worse time of year
>to discontinue a safety service -- in mid winter, [snip]

Sounds like typical bureacratic decision-making to me, not necessarily
a deliberate plot.  (I worked for an arm of the federal government for
4 years).

	Dave