If this is true then there are T&RE savings to be made, but to have Fam flights made more difficult is appalling. TAG take over and Pilot-ATCO dialogue becomes more difficult...how will that help!
We are in a unique situation to greatly enhance the understanding between us ( and save much money in the process) and TAG bean counters shoot themselves in the foot. Lets hope this is just rumour and not fact, otherwise the future is even bleaker than I feared.