Originally Posted by
alfred_the_great
The problem is what risk you are talking about - the risk to the aircraft or the risk to closing the only strategic airhead into a Crown Dependency which has been invaded within living memory.
The Station Commander MPA doesn’t exist to make a commercial pilot’s life easier, he exists to enable the rapid reinforcement of teh Falklands when necessary. And on that basis, this seems an entirely reasonable risk decision.
...not sure if were into beadwindow territory...