Back whenst I was yet a sproglet, and Scary was a small place to go watch aeries, ATC have been the greatest advocates of aviation around. Doing my S.A. radio licence, I was never refused a request to go up to the tower to listen in - help was always a question away and readily answered..
Scary got bigger, new buildings, the pub got larney and the motor-cycle breakfast runs stopped happening, and it got bl@@dy expensive to land there anymore...
Post 9/11, the powers that be went totally OTT with security - even before the new building was opened you had searches and twenty questions coming IN from airside..!! (?)
It is not as "user friendly" as it was, a lot more expensive and is obviously and understandably a BUSINESS for the owners...
Would be nice, tho' - if they listened to the guys who ultimately make it all happen, that's the ATC guys (and girls), and became a bit like them...
