| It would be nice to think it was just a simple case of semantics but I don't think that is the case.
I've operated just outside a Class D area (Aberdeen) for 20 odd years. In that time I cannot recall be refused a transit without an obvious reason (purple airspace as it used to be called is the one I do recall).
Conversely I have only once been able to transit East Midlands and Birmingham and never Solent - ditto Luton, Stansted, Manchester. Newcastle are good, Teeside presently seem to have a bit of a bee in their bonnet, Liverpool never a problem, ditto Edinburgh, Glasgow, City and Cardiff. Prestwick tend to control you a bit but no transit issues. Never tried Bristol so I don't know!
So that is my country in a nutshell. Highly variable to put it mildly. And yet in that time my aircraft have become increasingly better equipped. And yet once you are over the channel it virtually all changes and transits become routine, with at worst a dedicated VFR routing and frequency. |