NUMEROUS FULL OR PARTIAL ILS OUTAGES OCCURRED AT FAC OVER A 3 MONTH PERIOD. PLTDEV ATTRIBUTED TO ONE OUTAGE.

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THIS IS NOTIFY YOU OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ILS SYS AT AMA INTL. I FEEL IT HAS CREATED A SAFETY PROBLEM. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 39 DAYS WITH EITHER FULL OR PARTIAL OUTAGES OUT OF A POSSIBLE 93. DURING THE LAST HALF OF MAY THE WX IN THE AREA WAS CONTINUALLY IFR AND WE WERE FORCED TO LAND NUMEROUS ACFTS WITH TAIL WINDS DUE TO NO VIABLE APCH TO RWY 4. THERE WAS ONE PLTDEV THAT ALMOST COST PEOPLES LIVES THAT NEVER WOULD OF HAPPENED HAD THE ILS BEEN UP. I REALIZE THAT ANY PIECE OF EQUIP WILL HAVE SOME DOWN TIME; BUT FEEL THIS WELL EXCEEDED ANY REASONABLE PERSONS NORM AND HAS BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE FLYING PUBLIC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. MAINT TECHNICIANS WERE TRAINING ON THE ILS EQUIP DURING THESE PERIODS. THAT EXPLAINS THE LONG OUTAGES. HAD NO TRAINING BEEN DONE AT THIS TIME; THE OUTAGES WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY LESS. TECHNICIANS WERE INSTALLING NEW CABLING AND WANTED TO GET AS MANY THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAM AS POSSIBLE. RPTR SAYS THAT THE ILS IS OPERATING OK NOW. THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY OUTAGES SINCE THEN.