Digital Towers
How safe are digital control towers?
23 August 2017It’s usually the first question that leaves people’s lips whenever we show them the new digital tower facility at Swanwick – is it really safe?
Excitement is building in the aviation industry around digital ‘remote’ towers and the benefits they can offer to airports; from costs savings through to safety and operational enhancements. But I can tell you from hard experience that this wasn’t always the case.