Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
It's not always possible to fly as much as 400' below the lower limit of airspace. For example, the situation where the base corrresponds to MSA, such as below a significant amount of the Class G airspace under the London TMA.
ST I totally agree for example the procedures into and out of Redhill are virtually unworkable for an aircraft seeking to avoid a CAIT event.The Stansted TMZs are now avoid zones unless willing to operate at very low level.The safety of operations in the south east has been hugely diminished for transponding GA aircraft.Unfortunately the result of current NATS/CAA policy is that very unwisely a lot of transponders are being switched off.This surely is not what NATS desire.Restore the transponder tolerance to all squawks and the situation becomes workable,manageable and fair for all parties.A significant number of the supposed infringements will disappear.Regards Stampe