Originally Posted by
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Chevvron, thanks for that......... several Brymon pilots come to mind who might well have opted for VFR, as a declaration of independence.....
I'm reminded of an exchange between ATC and a Brymon Dash 7 at Heathrow sometime in the early 1990s.
There were some nasty thunderstorms passing through (slowly!) for several hours,
plus LATCC's computer had had some kind of huge problem. Long slot delays, thrombotic flow control, SIDs and STARs improvised to dodge weather in the manner of Picasso or Salvador Dali, flight plans submitted, then lost by the computer. Not a lot was going anywhere...
"Chaos" is not really an adequate word to describe the situation. It (must have) made for great listening for a stranded business traveller with a discreet radio (I imagine...)
Brymon comes up with a cunning plan, and asks if he can file VFR to Plymouth with an initial handover to Farnborough.
You have to admire the ingenuity and chutzpah of the skipper.
His request was politely but firmly declined..