Greenarrow
I think your complaint, and a fair one it is too, lies with the CAA and the BAA.
We try our damned hardest to give you guys the best service but the airport is too small and the space and facilities do not exist for helicopter movements. Reading between the lines if BAA had their way there would be no helicopters at Heathrow
Today again in the cargo area with lose boxes ,tie raps and plastic bags. Do they want a Heli crash!
This has nothing to do with ATC take it up with the airport authority.
Unprotect rear with vehicles and ground staff walking around the machine whilst rotors turning.
Once again nothing to do with ATC
Parked close to the buildings, so unable to get start clearence from delivery had to call ground and they got all arsy.
Some controllers may get arsy if they're really busy, but if you can get two way on 121.9 then why not on 121.97 it's the same transmitter/receiver.
Taxi for runway departure behind 747,777 and other
planks.
I don't think BA would mind if we stopped T4 from moving whilst a helicopter departed or landed.
When will we get a simple Heli procedure!.
When BAA put their hands in their pockets, which ain't never gonna happen.
Believe me when I say every ATCO to a man thinks that heli's get a raw deal at LHR and that the procedures are a joke!
A cynical person would say that the procedures have been left difficult by BAA in order to deter helis from operating in
Idealy we need a helipad and facilities off the airport, maybe to the south of T4