Originally Posted by
staircase
Sitting at home very bored and watching flightradar24, I notice that the tankers heading for the North Sea are leaving Brize and crossing the airway at Lichfield.
In normal times I could understand this, used it myself when I was working for the Queen, but why go northwest for 100 miles when your destination is northeast?
Given the amount of Air Traffic on the airway system at present, why not just get airborne from Brize and point it at the North Sea?
They would have file a flight plan, wait for it to work through the system (maybe 30min) then request a clearance to join controlled airspace and route through it for a considerable distance.
When you're in a hurry and have chicks to feed, maybe using the corridor was the most expeditious way of getting there.