<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Posted by YouNeverStopLearning:
5. Consider this- PIK's Radar is offline for maintenance on occasions. Oh, and it occasionally fails. What then .... cancel all IFR flights. I don't think so. </font>
Are you saying that you can't fly IFR in the UK if there is no radar coverage
That's why you have to remain 1500 meters and 1000 feet clear of clouds when you fly VFR. So that IFR traffic have a chance to see you when breaking through!