WBS and Niknak- I am unlikely to come into that particular airspace in the near future so this is only of academic interest at this time. I, and I am sure others, am most grateful for the detail you provide. I do however have to disagree with WBS in that the document for which you have kindly provided a link does not in my view stae what you suggest. It does however refer to the REQUIREMENT for the CAA to provision LARS which it seems unable so to do for fairly large tracts of the UK. To come back to the original topic - it just does not sit well with the views expressed and we shall have to wait and see. Incidentally were either of you involved in the decision making process and is this why you seem so certain as to the reasons?