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Forum: ATC Issues

8th Jul 2014, 21:06

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

Reviving my old thread and making a very long...

Reviving my old thread and making a very long post - a double crime - but it seems the appropriate place to highlight that the CAA looks on track to resolve much of the inconsistency surrounding...

Forum: ATC Issues

22nd Jul 2013, 20:53

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

Equivalent procedure in Class E airspace, as...

Equivalent procedure in Class E airspace, as practised thousands of times daily in Europe and the US:

Cobalt: "xxx Radar, G-XXXX, position / altitude, request IFR pickup for climb to VMC on top"....

Forum: ATC Issues

20th Jul 2013, 21:33

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

Views: 16,483

Posted By Easy Street

Mad as a Mad Thing I am not suggesting that...

Mad as a Mad Thing

I am not suggesting that Class E is the right solution for the kind of areas you describe. As you say, these should be Class D (or stricter), and ICAO agrees with you. My...

Forum: ATC Issues

18th Jul 2013, 21:01

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

Yes, the line is "we will keep things as they are...

Yes, the line is "we will keep things as they are and defer any review until challenged". The feeling in my organisation is that such a challenge is bound to come at some point, so we might as well...

Forum: ATC Issues

16th Jul 2013, 21:38

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

This is a good example of how UK ATC ...

This is a good example of how UK ATC occasionally seems to 'upgrade' controlled airspace and thereby remove the flexibility that should be available in the 'lower' classes of CAS such as D and E....

Forum: ATC Issues

14th Jul 2013, 22:17

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

Views: 16,483

Posted By Easy Street

Thank you for using the word 'inconsistent'...

Thank you for using the word 'inconsistent' rather than 'non-compliant' because it prompted me to review my previous post and I realised I had made a couple of errors - to be corrected shortly.

I...

Forum: ATC Issues

14th Jul 2013, 19:51

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

Views: 16,483

Posted By Easy Street

Not so. ICAO and SERA permits IFR in class G, and...

Not so. ICAO and SERA permits IFR in class G, and states like Germany and Switzerland that have previously prohibited it are now trying to work out how to adapt their rules appropriately.[/QUOTE] ...

Forum: ATC Issues

14th Jul 2013, 00:28

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

I'm not approaching this solely from a 'risk'...

I'm not approaching this solely from a 'risk' angle. While I believe it would reduce risk, I think it's also important to consider SERA and the alignment of UK procedures with other nations.

Our...

Forum: ATC Issues

12th Jul 2013, 21:08

Replies: 35

Class E Airspace in the UK?

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Posted By Easy Street

Class E Airspace in the UK?

With Single European Rules of the Air rapidly approaching, I've seen a CAA consultation document (http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1350&pagetype=90&pageid=14826) doing the rounds which asks...

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