ILS 119.5
I am happy for you.
Please don't assume I do not know the ANO, or any of the other acts of covering aviation. I was a Police Officer at a London airport, and used them on a regular basis, there is a vast difference between quoting what the act says and knowing what elements are needed to prove that offence in court.
However I bow to your, superior no doubt, superior knowladge and experience in court proccedings......perhaps you can point to the specific evidence of endangering an aircraft in this case....
While you consider your answer please think about this.
You say the ATCO is innocent. Which he probably is. If he is innocent, then he can't have been drunk/impaired or over the precribed limit. If he was none of those then what is it he is doing that is Recklessly or Negligently endangered any air aircraft or person therein (Part 5, para 63 ANO 2000). If he wasn't because he was doing his job properly then how can his management be doing something reckless or negligent? A belief he has been drinking is not enough if he is working normally, which he must have been or he would have been removed from working.
Last edited by bjcc; 9th October 2004 at 10:37.