why are people being prosicuted then?? If the controller clears you then its ok?? He also knows your a SEP from your RT calls. Sounds like madness to me??!!
He may know you're a SEP, he may not. But he certainly won't know your glide ratio. Some aircraft have a variety of different wings which give different glide ratios, so even if the controller knew the gliding capabilities of every aircraft he still wouldn't have all the information he'd require. And he doesn't know the actual wind, either. So he's really not in any kind of position to know whether an aircraft can legally fly in any particular place - although he may be able to make a sensible guess. That's the reason that the final responsibility
always lies with the pilot.
FFF
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