I am researching Airspace Infringements of GA aircraft operating under VFR

[BOZR_DOUGIE]

Hello,

I am currently working on a MSc in Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics at Cranfield University in the UK. Being a UK General Aviation pilot myself, I have chosen to research the underlying causes of General Aviation aircraft operating under VFR flight rules infringing controlled airspace.

According to data published by Eurocontrol in 2009, the number of GA infringements in EASA countries has been steadily increasing year on year.

The aim of my research is to gain a better understanding of why pilots infringe or airspace, or how they discover they are infringing and take avoiding action to avoid an infringement.

In this survey, about 30-40 EASA GA pilots across all levels of experience will be asked to complete a survey that asks questions about their GA flight experience.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point.

Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. The raw data will only be accessible by myself and my project supervisor

If you have any questions about the survey or my research, please do not hesitate to contact me : [email protected]

Thank your for your time

Ewan Douglas

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FVJKMHQ

[Molesworth 1]

Questions are repeated. Please fix

[L'aviateur]

Completed the survey. It may also be worth contacting NATS as they have a lot information on this and also Irv Lee an instructor at Popham seems to have been involved in this research.

[Sir George Cayley]

Some links for you

FLY ON TRACK (http://flyontrack.co.uk/content/)

Home - Airspace & Safety Initiative (http://airspacesafety.com/)

SGC

[Floppy Link]

Molesworth1 I noticed the repeat questions as well and just ignored the extras. It could be useful for those who have infringed twice...

[BOZR_DOUGIE]

Questions are repeated. Please fix
The questions are repeated in case there is more than one incident.

[MONT BLANC]

You might care to consider the document below:

Clued Up :: Home page (http://www.flyer.co.uk/cluedup/)

And as others have noted, NATS has undertaken considerable research and work in this area, have you consulted them?

MB

[david viewing]

I find that survey very confusing to use: I had to click 'Exit this survey' to get out of it and don't know if it recorded my response or not.

Please add 'CAA PPL' to your list of qualifications: we are not all JAR!

[Genghis the Engineer]

Did your literature review include survey design?

G

[cumulusrider]

Entered Southampton airspace by 50m. An aircraft without a gps data logger and anaysis software would not even have realised they had done so.

[BackPacker]

Filled in your survey, but I doubt my experience will be useful. It's not your typical CAS bust.

We were under radar vectors, looking for an aircraft that made an emergency landing in a field after an engine failure, and did not notice the altitude bust at the time. So we ended up in class A without a formal (SVFR?) clearance, but I suspect that the ATC unit we were talking to, coordinated things with the class A owner anyway.

Only once we had found the aircraft were we kindly asked to descend. Never heard a thing about the bust afterwards.

[The500man]

I wouldn't be surprised if vertical busts are more common, simply because charts are in plan view so it's not so obvious without reading all the small print.