Hi guys
About week ago I was flying from Ostend to Sothend on PA28. Weather condition was IMC so we were forced to file an IFR flight plan. During crossing FIR boundary at FL 60 we were transferred to London information. All was as planned but later London Info urged us to stay outside of controlled airspace when we were approaching CLN VOR. Same story as we were returning back from EGMC. With valid IFR flight plan all the way till the Belgium FIR boundary we had to stay outside of controlled airspace.
So my question is, Why we were forced to fly outside class A airspace if we had an IFR flight plan? Is it a normal practice in UK to keep little guys out of A airspace?
