Great thoughts, guys, regarding whether or not UK has any jurisdiction upon entering Shanwick airspace. However, isn't the boundary between the SOTA and Shanwick OCA many hundreds of miles from the west coast of Ireland.
Thus, since it is outside of the 12 mile limit of sovereign airspace, technically, neither the UK nor Ireland have legal jurisdiction over that airspace. Am I not correct?
By international agreement, Shanwick has operational control of the airspace. And, Shanwick is actually based in the UK (the controllers, at least, are in Prestwick, Scotland with the radio operators in Shannon, Ireland). So, perhaps this is why the UK may have jurisdiction in Shanwick OCA?
Am I anywhere near close on this?
Last edited by KC-10 Driver; 19th Jan 2005 at 17:08.