Dick,
Does the US system have a SARTIME lodgement system for VFR similar to CENSAR. How does it work? Do you have to phone them up after the flight or can you cancel via radio? If you ask for 'flight following' does this cancel your lodged SARTIME? Just wondering how it all works.
From another galaxy far away:
Near misses spark air safety call
There are fears of possible clashes between military and civilian aircraft. Air accident investigators are urging a review of air safety over parts of Britain after a series of near misses between civilian and military jets. There have been nine narrow escapes in four years, investigators say.
They are particularly concerned about repeated incidents over east Scotland, north east England and the North Sea.
The joint use of airspace by military and civilian planes needs urgent review, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch says.
There were two "extremely serious" incidents recently which would have resulted in "inevitable loss of life" had the aircraft collided, they say.
Of the nine incidents highlighted, the most recent was in February when an oil rig helicopter missed an RAF Tornado jet by just 50ft.
Training areas
Accident investigators are now calling on the Ministry of Defence and the Civil Aviation Authority to conduct a high level review in order to minimise the risk of large scale loss of life.
BBC Transport Correspondent Simon Montague said one solution would be to increase the regulated airspace around civilian airports. The problem was that the airspace above north eastern Britain was one of the few large areas left which were available for military training.
Any moves to increase controls around civilian airports would necessarily reduce the size of this training area, our correspondent said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3709567.stm
