Shanwick Broadcasts Manchester Please
Do any of our Scottish friends know if the Shanwick clearances could be brodcast from Kelsall nr Manchester Airport in the sme way they are transmitted from Grantham and Davidstow Moor ?
We now have 30+ flights a day Ex Manchester to the USA and Canada this summer.
Becaue of the proximity of MAN to the 1st Oceanic entry point aircraft departing Manchester cannot get Shanwick clearance until they are suffciently high enough to contact SWK on VHF. This mean sthey are still sorting out levels by the time they pass either Bagso or Dogal.
It would make life so much easier if they could request /obtain this on the ground at MAN before departure.
This used tio be the norm at PWK and SNN for the same reason!
Kelsall is ome of the major transmitter points in Northern England and can be recd from on the ground at MAN.