Originally Posted by
WHBM
If traffic to Heathrow is exempt, and others require ATC clearance right down to the ground anyway, rarely given because of Heathrow conflicts and generally (in my experience) given a routing well away, just what does this new measure achieve additionally ?
As if any measure like this achieves anything, it’s pointless window dressing designed as an ass covering exercise. It’s frankly laughable to think the planning of any terrorist atrocity or murder involves the “is this legal?” questions at any stage. I dont think Atta and co were very concerned on the morning of 9/11 over their lack of a 767 type rating and I dont believe they were particularly concerned over airspace restrictions/classification or no fly zones either, the Pentagon attack being a good example of the latter.