Recent issues in Red Lake

[Corbin Dallas]

Has anyone been noticing some lapses in service quality with the FSS in Red Lake over the last couple months?

[lownslow]

You mean Kenora Radio or something else? I’ve noticed all Flight Service Stations lately seem to be slower to respond to initial contact and getting the conditions at the airport has been like pulling teeth. I don’t k ow if that’s due to internal policy change or some weird interpretation of work to rule or maybe I’m just imagining it.

[Rocinante]

Can't speak to YRL, but YOH always seems like there's that small "are they working?" combined with a dash of "...comm failure?" pause before Kenora Radio responds going in there. If other places are experiencing this too, you could give benefit of the doubt and say "old equipment", or it could very well be some variant of work-to-rule.

[Dry Guy]

Just start making calls to Red Lake traffic. They respond pretty quickly when they realize things can continue pretty well without them.

[stef]

Idk guys. I feel like I get pretty good service at MFs. Every once in a while at a quiet airport there is a short delay, but I get that it is because they are working multiple frequencies. Maybe if you’ve got some chill pills you can munch on for 5 seconds next time, that’ll take care of the issue.

Regarding the service at YOH …obvious veteran of the North here…just keep calling them, they’ll get right back to you.