ATC UK question
Why is there in the UK over a small area (London, Birmingham, Manchester)such a difference in transition altitude?
London 6000
Birmingham 5000 (as I recall from memory)
Manchester 4000
Why not make it simple for everyone and just draw 1 line at 6000 ft overall to clear the difference....
Can anyone explain?
p.s.
second question..
Why is England the only place in the WORLD where you don't get a "cleared for the ILS", but either report Loc or a conditional clearence.
If you get the final vector, you normally go for the full approach. If in 1 case you cannot descent with the glide, thence ATC can give you "intercept loc"...
Again...try to keep it simple for everyone with 1 standard..
Again, does anyone have a good explanation?
Thanx
MEL-able